Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Margaret mossop - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1950

8 October 10

My first recollections of Outward Bound were when I read in the local paper (The...

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Michael Pitcher - Aberdovey, Wales, 1949

8 October 10

OUTWARD BOUND SEA SCHOOL ABERDOVEY, Course No. 88 OCTOBER 1949 Dear Sir, As yo...

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John Slee-Smith - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1951

7 October 10

Outward Bound Mountain School in 1951 As a young man of 18 ½ the Outward bound...

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Hugh Rees - Aberdovey, Wales, 1974

6 October 10

I was on course a340 at Aberdovey for four weeks in September 1974. That is me, ...

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John Dogherty - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1960

5 October 10

Outward Bound 1960 Course E100 March 1960 Monday 07/03/1960 to Saturday 02/04/19...

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Edward Le Besque - Aberdovey, Wales, 1950

5 October 10

MY STORY OBSS WHEN AT ABERDOVEY AUGUST 1950 EDWARD LE BESQUE Eden S Matthews ac...

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Andrew Cox - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1964

29 September 10

I was an 18 yr. Old Police Cadet from Gloucestershire, when I attended the Outwa...

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Jaime Keady - Ullswater, The Lake District, 2010

28 September 10

(the photo is me, on the left, and my mate Sophie on an exped.) I was 15 years ...

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Tom Gilbertson - Aberdovey, Wales, 1953

27 September 10

I attended the O.B.S.S. at Aberdovey in1953, sponsored by my employer, R&W Hawth...

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