“Eco Commune” to save Ivinghoe?
A group of environmentally minded Londoners are attempting to save Ivinghoe youth hostel, according to a report in Hemel Hempstead Today. Their intention is to convert part of the hostel into an environmentally friendly communal living area, whilst retaining the rest of it as a hostel. A scheme to make a reality TV show about the whole enterprise has (mercifully) been shelved.
Plans are “still in the very early stages” (they’d better get a move on as the place closes at the end of September!), so it is not known whether the putative hostel would remain in the YHA network or not.
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Another hostel that has been save is Trefin in West Wales. A couple of former YHA staff have taken over the lease and reopened it as The Old School Hostel. More details can be found at http://www.independenthostelguide.com/detail.asp?ID=539&c=
Comment by Nigel — 11 Aug 2007 @ 11:10 am