Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Ken Roberts - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1985

14 January 11

When I did Outward Bound I was quite a quiet sixteen year old, moving from Wales...

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Dave Daintree - Aberdovey, Wales, 1978

14 January 11

I was a 18 year apprentice with the London Electricity Board when as part of our...

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Anne Linington (nee King) - Rhowniar, Wales, 1970

5 January 11

Your favourite moment? Toughest challenge? A special memory?When the rope holds ...

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Anthony Farrar - Tywyn, Wales, 1967

5 January 11

In 1967, I was with the Junior Parachute Company, attached to the Depot, The par...

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Ed McCann - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1969

3 January 11

As a former instruructor at Moray Sea School, 1967-1969, and living in Hopeman (...

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Dennis Robinson - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1958

23 December 10

I was selected to go on the course by The Admiralty as I was completing an appre...

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John Harold Woods - Aberdovey, Wales, 1955

20 December 10

I was born in Liverpool in 1940, and in 1955 my father was a Warehouse Superinte...

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John Kennedy - Devon on Ashburton, 1975

13 December 10

I attended Holne Park during August 1975. I was a fresh faced apprentice telepho...

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Ian Cook - Aberdovey, Wales, 1944

6 December 10

After becoming a Watch Captain at Aberdovey I was accepted as a Midshipman with ...

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