Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Colin Watson - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1962

28 November 09

Plucked from school to attend the Moray Sea School in April/May 1962, I was not ...

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Jay Downs - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1977

28 November 09

I was an Outward Bound Student in the United States in 1975--at the Minnesota Ou...

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Ian Sinclair - Devon on Ashburton, 1978

27 November 09

I have been involved with Outward Bound for many years since the 1970's, as a pa...

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Ken Bishop - Devon on Ashburton, 1966

27 November 09

Go,go,go with Gilbert was the cry whilst undertaking the runabout course in the ...

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Stuart Smith - Ullswater, The Lake District, 2001

26 November 09

I remember when I became an Instructor at Outward Bound I was so pleased. The hi...

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Colin Walters - Aberdovey, Wales, 1957

25 November 09

My story is submitted as an example for those that "fail" their Outward Bound co...

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John Boaden - Devon on Ashburton, 1963

25 November 09

I remember travelling from Nottingham to Devon and was in awe of the surrounding...

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Nick Barrett - Aberdovey, Wales, 2007

25 November 09

I must start with a confession and admit to a vested interest. I have never been...

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Andrew Bell OBE RD - Aberdovey, Wales, 1951

24 November 09

All in all it produced an overpowering feeling of achievement, which is what Out...

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