Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Ralph Brough - Aberdovey, Wales, 1953

21 March 19

I attended the Outward Bound Sea School in Aberdovey in October 1953, course no ...

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Phil Mayberry - Devon on Ashburton, 1967

21 March 19

I attended a course at the Outward Bound course in Devon 1967. My employer then...

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Paul Chipperfield - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1967

21 March 19

I think I attended E193 in 1967 (That was me on the far left 48 years ago!) This...

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Olga Parkes - Aberdovey, Wales, 1948

21 March 19

This photo, taken between 1948 and 1952, depicts a visit by HRH The Duke of Edin...

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Nick Dawson - Aberdovey, Wales, 1980

21 March 19

Today I am the Duty Manager at the The Outward Bound Trust Aberdovey centre on o...

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Niamh Horan-Buchanan - Loch Eil, Scottish Highlands, 2011

21 March 19

I am Niamh Horan Buchanan and I went to outward bound loch eil on the 21st to th...

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Michael Tebbut - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1957

21 March 19

A chance encounter in 1957 with Peter West who had just returned from the one mo...

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Michael Slattery - Ullswater, The Lake District, 2008

21 March 19

The Outward Bound classic course, I have to say was probably the best 3 weeks of...

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Michael Painter - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1958

21 March 19

On a recent UK holiday I was driving around the Ullswater shoreline when my wife...

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