Another Hostel Buy-Out?
Possibly inspired by developments at Coldingham, another Scottish community is hoping to buy and reopen a hostel recently closed by SYHA. According to a report on BBC News, the inhabitants of Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye have formed a company to buy and run the hostel.
Already hit hard when the Skye Bridge by-passed the village, replacing the ferry which used to land there, the loss of the hostel has been a blow to local businesses. It’s also been a blow to anybody arriving late at Kyle of Lochalsh railway station – they now have to get themselves to Broadford, nine miles away.
Speaking on Radio Scotland last year, SYHA Chief Executive Keith Legge said that two Skye hostels (Kyleakin and Armadale) were closing “not because of lack of visitors, it’s to do with the fabric of the buildings”. If the people of Kyleakin are faced with a purchase and refurbishment bill like Coldingham’s (nearly a million pounds, all told), they’ll have quite a job on their hands.
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Latest local news on Kyleakin…SYHA have sold Kyleakin YH Annexe to the independent hostel next door. Saucy Mary’s.
So now there is a 3 star 80 bed hostel in Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye
Check out: http://www.saucymarys.com