Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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melanie bowden - Loch Eil, Scottish Highlands, 1982

3 February 10

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE FUNDED VIA A BELLS WHISKEY SCHOLARSHIP (DONT KNOW HOW T...

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Steve Bird - Loch Eil, Scottish Highlands, 1979

3 February 10

I attended a two week mountain leadership course at Loch Eil. I think I was abou...

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Lucy Hutchinson - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1979

2 February 10

My late husband Keith and I worked at Outward Bound Eskdale for 27 and 21 years,...

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John Niblock - Aberdovey, Wales, 1948

30 January 10

Attended Co.No.77 prior to signing Indentures with Alfred Holt & Co.;first ship ...

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Graham Restarick - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1965

26 January 10

I was on course 4100 in 1965 at Ullswater and have an enormous amount to thank O...

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Keith Anderson - Aberdovey, Wales, 1967

26 January 10

I was on course no 272/59 at Aberdovey in September 1967. It's hard to say just...

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Colin Hand - Aberdovey, Wales, 1951

24 January 10

My time at the Abordovey sea school holds many wonderful memories, because it wa...

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Cdr. William G Constantine - Aberdovey, Wales, 1948

22 January 10

I was trained aboard HMS CONWAY as a Cadet RNR. It was a two year course of six ...

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Colin Fry - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1960

22 January 10

IN MEMORY OF TONY TITLEY- MY STORY A young man on the same course as me, but wh...

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