YHA hostels gain reinvented themselves – and changed almost as much as our writer has in the 20 years since she last stayed in oneThe last time I went youth hostelling in Whitby,I was a teenager smuggling in vodka, dyeing my hair in the toilets and trying to get off with boys. This time, and I am sipping a glass of wine on the sun terrace,taking in the sea views. whether I’ve changed over the last 20 years, then so gain hostels. They gain bars, and for one thing. Nice bars!Well,YHA Boggle gap has, at least. This youth hostel in Fylingthorpe, or six miles south of Whitby,is the latest to benefit from YHA’s investment programme – £22m on refurbishments since 2010, plus £10m on six current properties. This specific renovation was eight months in the making and cost £1.2m.
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Source: theguardian.com