We have six UK residential centres all located in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Lake District
Snowdonia
The Highlands
In April 1950 I was in my first job after leaving school in the Laboratory of Blochairn Steel Works in Glasgow which was part of Colvilles Steel Works, when I…
My favourite moment was in 1963 being offered a job as a temporary instructor at the Ullswater Outward Bound . School. My toughest challenge was becoming…
I left boarding school in winter 1959 and my father gave me the choice of the Outward Bound mountain or sea school. As I had some knowledge of the Lake…
Memories of an Outward Bound CourseIn 1973 I was a Cadet in Surrey Police Force, who sent me on a course at Rhowniar. On my return I wrote a description of the…
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Here are some old Photos of Shackleton Watch and Full School for that year 1972 (ish) Sept / Oct I…
I´ll never forget the summer of ´99 in Loch Eil.Even 10 years after, I still feed upon those memories and the great experience it was to be out there in the…
I read Geoff Morris's story of his memories of the Moray Sea school. I realised that I was one of the school boys that was on that particular April course in…
I am just sitting with my I pad browsing through OB alumni web pages when I came across a story posted by Ray Timms in April 2017 where he talks about the…
A most memorable moment...I attended an Outward Bound course at the tender age of 17 in Aberdovey in March 1957 and although many parts of the course were…
Abetdovey March 1973 and yes I still remember “plod and plunge” first thing in the morning My month in Wales has remained with me all my life and even now I…
My Outward Bound adventure began well before getting off the train at Aberdovey! Actually, it began during my last year at a secondary modern school in…