YHA closes 32 hostels

http://www.yha.org.uk/Join_YHA/YHA_Updates/Network_renewal_gets_green_light.html

It's a shame. I stayed at the Elmscott Hostel just before Christmas.
--
Let us have a moment of silence for all Americans who
are now stuck in traffic on their way to a health club
to ride a stationary bicycle. -
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (Oregon)
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