Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

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George Green - Aberdovey, Wales, 1952

5 January 13

I was a apprentice electrician with Alfred Holt Blue Funnel Line and was sent to...

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Steve Humm - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1985

2 January 13

Eskdale Outward Bound January 1985 I attended Eskdale Outward Bound Mountain Sc...

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Michael Thurman - Aberdovey, Wales, 1962

1 January 13

As I was too young at the time to attend Warsash School of Navigation, they aske...

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Richard (Dick) Playford - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1962

10 December 12

This is my third submission but I believe I now have it cracked. How do these da...

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Andrew Coombes - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1974

9 December 12

I attended Moray in April/May 1974. I was at a Civil Engineering College in Norf...

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Stan McTighe - Aberdovey, Wales, 1955

5 December 12

STAN McTIGHE'S MEMORIES OF OB ABERDOVEY 1955 The highlight of my time at Turners...

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Kim Paul (nee Taylor) - Aberdovey, Wales, 1978

2 December 12

My brother Nick had recently completed a four week course in Ullswater at aged 1...

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John Taylor - Aberdovey, Wales, 1960

23 November 12

Excerpts from John Taylor’s Logbook Monday May 9th PT and shower at 6.30. Pret...

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Ken Nichols - Aberdovey, Wales, 1961

15 November 12

Extracts from Ken Nichols Outward Bound Memoirs.... Sunday 7th May 1961 We wer...

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