Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Terry Garland - Aberdovey, Wales, 1957

5 April 13

I attended the Outward Bound Sea School in Aberdovey North Wales Oct/Nov 1957. ...

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Kenneth Morrison - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1963

5 April 13

Kenneth Morrison - Log Book account, Burghead, Moray, August 1963

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Jim McIntosh - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1950

5 April 13

In April 1950 I was in my first job after leaving school in the Laboratory of Bl...

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David Francis Parker - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1959

17 March 13

It was winter 1959, myself (that's me second from the right in the sweater with ...

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Jonathan Elabor - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1979

17 March 13

Outward Bound Course E281; Nansen Patrol: We were the most disparate and despera...

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John Wood - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1961

5 March 13

I suppose the strongest memory I have of my time with Outward Bound, Ullswater, ...

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Iain (Mac) MacGregor - Aberdovey, Wales, 1981

3 March 13

I applied to join the Royal Marines just before attending the course in Aberdove...

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John Robinson - Aberdovey, Wales, 1960

3 March 13

Throughout my schooldays I was afflicted by a persistent stammer, perhaps instig...

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Anthony Parkes - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1979

23 February 13

Most of the things we get on the course will pretty good all the moments were qu...

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