Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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damon hervey - Aberdovey, Wales, 2001

6 October 11

My story is of hard time and fun time and of a course that made me a better pers...

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Peter Missons - Aberdovey, Wales, 1953

4 October 11

I was about 18 when I went to the Outward Bound School. Two of us apprentice lad...

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Hans Deamer - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1967

29 September 11

I attended course U121 in Oates Patrol in August 1967 as an 18 year old brash an...

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Jill Roeder - Rhowniar, Wales, 1985

23 September 11

OUTWARD BOUND IN JUNE Around 1985, when I was in my mid-forties (I can't rememb...

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David Glynn - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1982

21 September 11

I began work as an apprentice in an Engineering company when I left school at 16...

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Kevin Hogan - Aberdovey, Wales, 1975

15 September 11

In relation to the detail my memories have faded, but the whole experience has r...

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Graham Roberts - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1967

6 September 11

49 years on I can honestly say that the experience of my Outward Bound course in...

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Granville HORREY - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1963

6 September 11

In June 1963, when I was aged 19, my employers, the Metal Box Company in Sutton ...

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Alan Medforth - Aberdovey, Wales, 1960

4 September 11

I called at OBS Aberdovey last July for a nostalgic visit, after spending four w...

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