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Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Ken Hannett - Devon on Ashburton, 1968

21 March 19

I was a young Police Cadet with the Liverpool City Force and in 1969 was select...

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Ken Farrar - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1958

21 March 19

I attended an Outward Bound Course, Ullswater U32 from 25th August - 20th Septem...

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Keith Hindley - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1963

21 March 19

G-day guys, I'm the one far right top row in the photo. I was at Ullswater in 1...

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keith davies - Devon on Ashburton, 1963

21 March 19

Outward Bound School, Devon. I went to the Outward Bound School at Ashburton in...

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Jo Gayton - Rhowniar, Wales, 1973

20 March 19

Memories of an Outward Bound Course In 1973 I was a Cadet in Surrey Police Forc...

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Douglas Dudley-Ward - Aberdovey, Wales, 1946

19 March 19

I was privileged to attend Course 7 (26th October -21st November 1946) at OBSS A...

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David Talbot - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1975

19 March 19

I attended Ullswater in 1975 as a police cadet, young and painfully shy. I have ...

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Andrew Harbottle - Aberdovey, Wales, 1966

27 February 19

I was an apprentice with Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line at Odyssey Works in Birk...

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Bill Nicholls - Devon on Ashburton, 1970

18 February 19

I wrote previously back in 2014 an my experience . When I wrote I could only fin...

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