We have six UK residential centres all located in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Lake District
Snowdonia
The Highlands
I was privileged to attend Course 7 (26th October -21st November 1946) at OBSS Aberdovey. Alfred Holt & Co, Liverpool sponsored several of its young male staff…
The greatest challenge was climbing the four Cairngorms in one day.The couse taught me that it was not the most phsically endowed or fit person who succeeds,…
After completing the Cadet Course at The School of Navigation in Glasgow, I applied to The Blue Funnel Line for a position as a Midshipman and was accepted,…
Attended Aberdovey in August/Sept 1970. Member of Fisher Watch.Mike Powell Instructor Royal Navy Engineering Officer from Jordyland.I found it to be most…
ABERDOVEY OUTWARD BOUND SEA SCHOOL, COURSE 121.Having applied, straight from Grammar School, to be an Apprentice Deck Officer with the Elder Dempster Shipping…
As a former instruructor at Moray Sea School, 1967-1969, and living in Hopeman (the next Village to Burghead) since 1976 and having witnessed the…
It was October 1981 :-) i was 18 years of age and pretty wild, the company l worked for sent me to Ullswater outward centre in Watermillock on course UG 10…
whilst attending the sea school it soon became clear that almost everyone there was willing to help each other through the many hard going activities. The…
MY STORY OBSS WHEN AT ABERDOVEY AUGUST 1950EDWARD LE BESQUEEden S Matthews account of his time at OBSS Aberdovey reminded me of my time there for the four week…
In the summer of 2015 on July 27th I travelled to the Lake district and took on my next challenge an amazing 19 day course at Ullswater, where here I had to…
In May 1949 I was extremely fortunate enough to attend, in Aberdovey, course number 84 at the 'Outward Bound Sea School' as it was known as then.The O.B.S.S.…
I have attended two of your courses, one at Rhowniar and one as part of the City Challenge. The first was at Rhowniar in August 1985 for a 21 day course. The…
