Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Brian Mason - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1962

9 March 10

As an engineering apprentice with the Mullard Radio Valve Company in Mitcham Sur...

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Mike Twaddle - Tywyn, Wales, 1959

8 March 10

I attended the Army Outward Bound School at Morfa Camp, Towyn, Wales in 1959 as ...

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Barry Martin - Aberdovey, Wales, 1954

6 March 10

Favourite activities were walking in the hills and sailing on the converted moto...

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Peter Maher - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1960

6 March 10

As it's almost 50 years since I attended outward bound and Tony Titley became th...

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Ralph Dawson - Aberdovey, Wales, 1961

4 March 10

Having been born in 1941, I am the same vintage as the Outward Bound Sea School ...

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Kenneth Horn - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1961

1 March 10

The lasting and greatest thing about the "Outward Bound" courses, was the guidan...

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Paul Scoble - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1966

28 February 10

On Wednesday 15th June 1966, we were woken by Ralph Clough at 5.00am with the ne...

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Ian Henshaw - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1968

27 February 10

I attended course 134 U.along with a mixture of Army & Police recruits.I was a J...

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Derek Etherton - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1965

26 February 10

I was a Police Cadet with East Sussex Police Force in 1965 and part of the train...

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