We have six UK residential centres all located in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Lake District
Snowdonia
The Highlands
My name is John Barker and the photograph above is of myself and a group of lads that attended the Outward Bound School in Eskdale in the summer of 1951. We…
The month long course at outward bound Ullswater was and still is the most memorable time of my life. Our Warden was Squadron Leader Davies and our instructor…
I've been twice in O.B. Aberdovey, in 1976 and 1978.Great souvenirs, a land mark in life. I was a little savage, solitary.I learnt at this time to share…
I remember having to jump into the lake each morning off the jetty in November!!! If the lake was frozen we had to use the showers which were even colder. I…
Visit Ullswater from 4 March until 30 March 1963.I can see from my Outward Bound Personal Log Book, collected by the school bus, from Penrith train station, at…
I remember travelling from Nottingham to Devon and was in awe of the surrounding countryside. It was a bad winter and the moors were snowed in; in some places…
Caving capersAs a young apprentice, I left Paddington station, bound for Newton Abbott on the morning of 20th January 1970. Collected by coaches, we were told…
A few memories from my Outward Bound course at Ullswater - U9 April/May 1956Out on the fells one night with a patrol of three, I lay down and went to sleep…
I was an Apprentice Mechanical Engineer with Ford Motor Company. In 1961, aged 19, I was given the chance of a 4 week course at Eskdale. Having left home at 17…
Outward Bound 1960Course E100March 1960Monday 07/03/1960 to Saturday 02/04/1960Watkins PatrolI cannot now remember exactly what first brought Outward Bound to…
Although the youngest group, we rose to the competition and soon grew into a closely knit group. We came second to last in the dynamics which was the first…
I am a former Outward Bound student who at the age of 18 was selected by my employer Total Broadhurst Lee Co Ltd of Manchester to attend the school at Eskdale…
