Duncan M Simpson

"The more you circulate on your travels, the better citizen you become." Roosevelt about #hostels 1937 from @YHAOfficial archive @CadburyRL

Remembering Len Clark on what would have been his 108th birthday, friend and wise advisor of @openspacessoc @campaign4parks @YHAOfficial @nationaltrust @FriendSouthDwns & many more. Still much missed.

@Elizabethyha Yikes, that was a lovely day

@mac8lay Just wondered if you were watching Great British Railway Journeys this evening? Nice to see your interview at YHA Street once again.

Sex! Gambling! Babminton! What more could you want from @BBCRadio4’s Moral Maze show on tourism? You can hear me defending the value of travel against infidels again on BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

@LakesStiles Serendipitous! And, look, I spelt it right...😳

@LakesStiles @TLWforCumbria It's a crime scene. The mystery of the missing stonemason.

Education is a vital part of youth hostels but maybe not in ways immediately obvious today. @YHAOfficial @JamesBlakeYHA @anitakntweets @PeakMcCloy @LakesStiles simplyhostels.substack.com/p/learning-bet…

LOVE this concept of train walks! I did 9 of my 10 book walks by train. My tobacco walk runs from St Bees (train station) along a dramatic cliff walk to Whitehaven (train station). The concept is inspired (especially once the strikes are resolved...) theguardian.com/travel/2024/ap…

@LakesStiles @alireddeer @RedRiverCroft @hostellingscot Opinan! Spellcheck gone haywired...🤔🤣

For anyone interested in Scotland's youth hostels - a marvel of a book! It's no longer listed for sale but maybe @hostellingscot could reissue? @margo_paterson @LakesStiles

@LakesStiles @alireddeer @RedRiverCroft Here's the Opinian pages from John Martin's "Illustrated Survey of SYHA's Youth Hostels 1931-2011", a marvel of a book for anyone interested in Scotland's hostels. I've no idea how to get copies @hostellingscot ?

@LakesStiles @alireddeer @RedRiverCroft Found I have the pages from John Martin's book, plenty of info and photos - will share when I am able - probly afternoon. Bit tricky on a bike in sunshine...

@LakesStiles @alireddeer @RedRiverCroft Love the book cover! Will look for info on that hostel when I am back in the "library" 🤣

@PeakMcCloy @YHAOfficial @Fredbat @nationaltrust Doesn't it just.

@mac8lay @YHAOfficial @Fredbat @nationaltrust What a moody shot, looks like it was a still from a romantic film from the 1950s!

A hostel a week, this week Wilderhope Manor, the Elizabethan home, built in 1588, of Francis Smallman @YHAOfficial @Fredbat @nationaltrust >>> duncanmsimpsonwriting.com/2024/04/18/a-h…

Swimming at Tarn Hows. @LakesStiles @TLWforCumbria

A hostel a week, this week Malham. In 1937 @YHAOfficial's West Riding Region drew up plans for a hostel at Malham. The facility opened in July 1938 and was the first purpose-built hostel in Yorkshire... >>> duncanmsimpsonwriting.com/2024/04/11/a-h… @PeakMcCloy

A hostel a week, Liverpool, where the first hostels were almost as old as YHA itself. @YHAOfficial @Fredbat >>> duncanmsimpsonwriting.com/2024/04/04/a-h…

A Hostel A Week - Pen-y-Pass, adapted from the celebrated mountaineers’ Gorphwysfa Hotel, often also identified as the Pen-y-Pass Hotel. @YHAOfficial @Fredbat >>>duncanmsimpsonwriting.com/2024/03/28/a-h…

A Hostel A week this week Alston where a “youth’s hostel” in the highest market town in England continues with a new owner. @YHAOfficial @Fredbat >>>> duncanmsimpsonwriting.com/2024/03/21/a-h…

@TLWforCumbria @LakesStiles Lewis and Clark? After their expedition to cross North America I suppose.

@mac8lay @LakesStiles

Although… I’d thought the youth hostel library top shelf (being 15ft up) was to do with all the rock climbers in residence. But… 👀 @mac8lay @LakesStiles Psst! Is the #BadBookClub still going, Robin? (This book seems to involve a huge amount of #Lasagne 👩‍🍳)