Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Colin Dermot Chilvers - Aberdovey, Wales, 1944

22 February 11

I attended the Outward Bound School at Aberdovey in early 1944 when I was just s...

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Robin Hayhurst - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1986

18 February 11

I think I have now been on 4 outward bound courses 2no at 1 week long at the mai...

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David Benson - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1973

7 February 11

Hardly anyone else in my group at Ullswater could believe this, but I actually v...

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Peter Ambler - Aberdovey, Wales, 1956

4 February 11

The OB experience stayed with me. I attended there in 1956 for 30 days before I ...

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Brian Russell - Aberdovey, Wales, 1968

1 February 11

I joined the OB in Aberdovey, Wales in November 1968 as part of my apprenticeshi...

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Marc Lester - Loch Eil, Scottish Highlands, 2010

25 January 11

As a pupil at secondary school, I attended an Outward Bound course in 1999. I wa...

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George E. Martin - Aberdovey, Wales, 1950

24 January 11

When I was 18, 1950, I won "Best Apprentice"� of the year at "Rubery Owen Co Ltd...

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Kenneth Robertson - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1956

22 January 11

Glasgow schoolboy goes to Burghead in February 1956.Great experience cycled to A...

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George Stewart - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1967

16 January 11

I was invited to attend the Moray Sea School around 1967 by my then employers Wi...

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