TRIPS AWAY​
We organise trips to destinations all over the UK and Europe. Most involve walking or cycling, and often sightseeing. Group sizes range from 8 to 10 members, on a cycle tour for example, to 25 or more when we hire an entire youth hostel. Trips are organised by members and run at cost. Participants arrange their own travel.
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Youth hostels are ideal for large groups and we arrange spring, summer, autumn and New Year hostel trips in scenic areas of the UK with good walking options. There are also two or more trips a year to the Lake District, for mountain walkers. Often we book a whole hostel for exclusive use. Sometimes members may also reserve rooms in hotels or b&bs, although overall numbers on trips are normally limited. Â
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For most European and cycling trips, members book their own accommodation. Cycle-touring and backpacking holidays usually mean staying in a different place every night and following a route navigated by the leader. We also do city breaks abroad, which are more loosely organised, allowing participants to explore in small groups. Camping has recently become popular too, with tent owners getting together via a WhatsApp group to arrange stays at UK sites.
TRIPS PLANNED FOR 2025
Last year our programme featured 26 trips away, including mountain-walking stays in the Lake District, Pennines and Scotland; other walking and camping trips all over the UK, and city breaks in Salisbury and Norwich. European trips included walking in the Canary Islands, sightseeing in Vienna, Helsinki and Rhodes, and cycle tours in Italy, Germany, Sweden and France.
Here are the trips currently scheduled for 2025. Most of these are hostel breaks as they need to be booked well in advance, but there are many more at the planning stage.
Seville, 7-12 March: sightseeing in the capital of Andalusia, southern Spain
Grasmere, 10-14 April: mountain walking from a hostel in the Lake District
Chester, 1-6 May: walking trip based at a hostel just outside the city centre
Plymouth, 28 June-5 July: a week of walking in Devon and Cornwall, staying in accommodation of your choice
Isles of Scilly, 11-16 July: camping at a site on the island of St Martin's
Whitby, 18-23 July: hostel trip in this historic town on the Yorkshire coast
The Lizard, 18-23 September: Cornish coastal walks, based at a YHA hostel
Haworth, 29 December-3 January 2026: New Year trip staying at the YHA hostel in this Pennines village
