We have six UK residential centres all located in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Lake District
Snowdonia
The Highlands
Not at the moment as I suffered a Brain Injury and am having difficulties remembering things. Apologies
Wow where to start...we came to outward bound in a group of 10 with our local youth centre, this was 11 year ago and we still talk of it fondly now, we made a…
I believe that I attended the first Outward Bound Course that was open to women.I chose kayak canoeing as my first outdoor activity. I think that all those who…
It must have been 1974 when I travelled from Kettering all the way to Elgin by train. I had been on a few trips with school to the Cairngorms which is why I…
I was a Police Cadet in Warwickshire. We were all allocated places at Outward Bound during training and mine was for Moray Sea School in March/April, 1963. A…
Hi guys,I was tracking my grandson’s progress – he’s circumnavigating the country anti-clockwise in a 41’ Westerly Ocean yacht to build up sea miles towards…
I started work at 15 ½, apprenticeship at 16, a moulder in a large iron & brass foundry, part of a 3,500-strong engineering workforce making steam and gas…
On 14th October 10 males of various ages and back grounds were placed together and over the duration of the course gelled to a very good team. The various…
Course Ref: E136 - October/November 1963Was one of ten members of Slingsby Patrol with Mr Charlie Boyd being our patrol leader.Members of this Slingsby Patrol…
I’m 80 years old and recently found my OBS badge which spurred me to write about my experience at eskdale in 1958 (could be 1957 memory fades a little)I was…
When I was 18, 1950, I won "Best Apprentice"� of the year at "Rubery Owen Co Ltd"� My prize was to go to the Outward Bound Sea School in Aberdovey. It was a…
I was a apprentice electrician with Alfred Holt Blue Funnel Line and was sent to Aberdovey in 1952. It was the first time I had been away on my own.Iwas…
