Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Sam Harling - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1994

29 June 21

Outward Bound Eskdale was an incredible experience for me. It helped me build c...

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Michael Coghlan - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1966

18 May 21

An Unforgetable Experience. I had never seen a dead body, nor for that matter a ...

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malcolm braganza - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1990

29 April 21

Whilst just clearing old file folders from 1990 (as we prepare for our onward ho...

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Ian Wood - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1971

27 April 21

As a Police Cadet we had to attend an Outward Bound Mountain School. Living in C...

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William Collis - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1964

26 April 21

In 1961 a former Ullswater instructor, Mike Tebbutt, started a mountaineering se...

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Geoff Morris - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1963

25 April 21

I was a Police Cadet in Warwickshire. We were all allocated places at Outward Bo...

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Peter Merricks - Aberdovey, Wales, 1970

21 April 21

Managed to find a way of uploading the other picture.

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Peter Merricks - Aberdovey, Wales, 1970

21 April 21

The photograph of the Rodney Watch. The other is submitted separately. Aberdov...

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David Padgen - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1993

19 April 21

I attended a 3 week 'summer standard' course courtesy of the 'Lifestart Challeng...

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