We have six UK residential centres all located in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Lake District
Snowdonia
The Highlands
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…
I Doff my hat and tilt my glass to the many instructors who do this character building work. Keep it up, Bravo! Outward Bound has been able to identify many…
The decision to write My Story came about during a brief visit to The Outward Bound Trust in Eskdale a couple of weeks ago during a short holiday in the…
My course name was U87J and I was in Watcons patrol. I was the only Irish boy there at the time from Belfast. My most shocking memory is my first cold shower…
Outward Bound Generations Course U118 – 10th April to 6th May 1967. I am now 67 years of age, and was born in Merseyside. I commenced work aged 15 years as an…
A month on Dartmoor for January was an awakening. I was used to camping and walking with boots which gave me an advantage when I saw some of the blisters other…
