We have six UK residential centres all located in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Lake District
Snowdonia
The Highlands
Attended Morey firth sea school in June 1963. Completed hiking,sailing over very rough land & sea. Saw some wonderful country views. Sailed into Loch Torrid on…
Outward Bound Mountain School in 1951As a young man of 18 ½ the Outward bound course in July 1951 turned out to be a life changing experience. It was not the…
JAN/FEB 1958,MY MEMORIES INCLUDE RACING ACROSS A SNOW COVERED FIELD EARLY EVERY MORNING DRESSED IN PYJAMAS TO GET TO THE SHOWER BLOCK FOR THE EXTREMELEY COLD…
My story goes back before I went to Outward Bound but it is very relevant.At the age of three I was evacuated from central London when the Blitz started. My…
Excerpts from John Taylor’s LogbookMonday May 9thPT and shower at 6.30. Pretty good breakfast of bacon and tomatoes. Went down to jetty and started on the 1and…
At 18 working in London for Post Office Telecommunications, I was asked to go on a course at Moray Sea School lasting 4 weeks. As I came from Aberdeen, this…
Several years ago I was serving in the military, unrelated to my job and for recreational reasons only, I was a qualified Mountain Leader (ML(S) [Tywyn, Wales]…
On reflection this was probably the most formative period of my youth I recall so much about the new things we did . Learning to handle the cutter (as a…
John Vernon Sharp! 5 December 1926!Outward Bound Sea School!I am now 93 years old and have very limited sight and hearing. My memory is fading but I am keen…
I found myself one of 126 boys.aged16-19, who came from all over the British Isle and represented a fair cross section of all social levels. The school…
I was on course U18 at Ullswater in 1956 aged 16. I was in Whymper patrol under George Fisher who ran the Keswick Mountain rescue team. While we were there the…
I suppose the strongest memory I have of my time with Outward Bound, Ullswater, in the winter of 1961 was the closing entertainment each patrol was asked to…
