Light travels
Duncan M SimpsonSlices of travel and tales from the 1930's. Notions, ideas and insights from then, for now.
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Wild swimming, hostels and water
In Britain today we rarely carry water. We rarely understand its weight and its burden.
One litre of water weighs nearly 1kg. If a shower uses about 50 litres of water that would be a heavy load to carry.
In 1936, in rural places, water h...
Coffee and dried milk
War ended in 1945. War that threatened the end of holidays now determined and boosted a better future.
Glen Nevis youth hostel had changed by May 1945. One hosteller who had been there in 1938 found a well stocked store that now was bare....
Thin bread and grumbles
The third in a series of four posts looking at how war shaped holidays after 1939. The experience of people captured in records, diaries and journals confounds my perceptions of well known events, like the 1939-45 war.
For a brief year, th...
Songs, scones and cake
The second in a series of four posts looking at how war shaped holidays after 1939. The experience of people captured in records, diaries and journals confounds my perceptions of well known events, like the 1939-45 war.
War didn’t stop tra...
Nectar
War began for Britain in 1939. When youth hostels had become established, when many people were able to travel and did, war began and threatened the end of all those gains.
I’ve been looking at holidays, touring and travel using youth host...
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Youth hostels are models of sustainable tourism. From a working life in tourism, and youth hostels, came an interst in their history and three books. Now looking at youth hostels in the 1930s, sustainable travel and eco tourism.
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