Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Allan Gordon - Aberdovey, Wales, 1967

29 December 09

August 1967 saw me going to Eskdale for a month. I never knew then what an impac...

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Anne Wilson - Rhowniar, Wales, 1985

29 December 09

I grew up on a farm, so always outside, but my introduction to mountains was thr...

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Lucy Rimmer - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1990

29 December 09

Camped out on a small ledge near top of Scarfell, pegged down by a groundsheet s...

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Christopher Osborne - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1961

27 December 09

Attended Eskdale in October/November 1961 having been sponcered by Northampton S...

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Brian Hodges - Aberdovey, Wales, 1971

25 December 09

well its christmas day 2009 and i just remembered that letter from the outward b...

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Anthony Wallis - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1963

24 December 09

i, I was at Ullswater in November 1963 as part of Oats patrol and the Northern G...

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Peter Grant - Aberdovey, Wales, 1959

21 December 09

To be accepted as a Midshipman with Alfred Holt & Co of Liverpool I had to succe...

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STUART JUBB - Aberdovey, Wales, 1965

21 December 09

I was 18 and the Outward Bound Course filled me with trepidation. I was entering...

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Jim Cassidy - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1970

19 December 09

As a young Police Cadet in Northampton I was sent on course E206 at Outward Boun...

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