Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Jeanne Barsby - Aberdovey, Wales, 1987

11 January 10

T this moment, the hardest challenge is answering your request to tell you what ...

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Bret Downe - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1972

6 January 10

My memories of our accomplishments and friendships are many - and all good. At ...

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Johann Fanger - Loch Eil, Scottish Highlands, 1999

6 January 10

I´ll never forget the summer of ´99 in Loch Eil. Even 10 years after, I still fe...

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Martin Brookes - Aberdovey, Wales, 1954

5 January 10

As an 18 year old I had won a bursary from my grammer school to go for a month t...

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Peter Broadbent - Aberdovey, Wales, 1943

5 January 10

In 1942 I started an engineering apprenticeship in Huddersfield. I was 16. The w...

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James Main - Aberdovey, Wales, 1941

4 January 10

During my childhood, I was privileged to win a scholarship to Gordonstoun School...

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Jonathan Ruscoe - Aberdovey, Wales, 1964

1 January 10

As a 17 year old Police Cadet I was sent by the Devon Constabulary to the Aberdo...

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Alan Yates - Aberdovey, Wales, 1959

30 December 09

I arrived by Steam train in Aberdovey on 28th December 1959. An old army truck w...

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Tom Upton - Aberdovey, Wales, 1955

30 December 09

I was employed by the Port of London Authority and it was its policy to send som...

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