Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Chris Johnson - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1960

7 June 10

It was a chilly day when I set of with my Dad and suitcase from Chadwell Heath i...

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Peter Birchall - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1950

7 June 10

I was born in 1934 in Liverpool, educated at Quarry Bank, later this became famo...

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Dave Molyneux - Aberdovey, Wales, 1956

7 June 10

My story began in early 1956 when I joined Alfred Holt & Co. better known as the...

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Brenda Hollingworth - Tywyn, Wales, 1964

3 June 10

Met some interesting young people from all over the world and did new things whi...

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Brian Tungate - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1968

2 June 10

I attended course U130 from 17th June 1968 to 13th July 1968. 1 was 17 years old...

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Toby Kersey - Ullswater, The Lake District, 2001

1 June 10

I went with Beacon Hill School Ipswich.It was the first holiday with out my pare...

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Ivor Murrell - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1963

31 May 10

I was sent to Eskdale in May 1963 by the British Sugar Corporation, as a reward ...

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Glenn Abbassi - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1992

28 May 10

At the age of 49 I 'won' a course in a Soroptimist raffle and, somewhat concerne...

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Paul Gillians - Devon on Ashburton, 2001

25 May 10

Very early in the morning at the end of the final three day expedition we decide...

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