Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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John Gillespie - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1964

3 December 09

My course name was U87J and I was in Watcons patrol. I was the only Irish boy th...

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Adrian Street - Aberdovey, Wales, 1965

2 December 09

March 1967 Aberdovey. I caught the last steam train from Paddington, London to A...

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James Medhurst - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1956

2 December 09

I'm now a 72-year-old who attended The Outward Bound Mountain School, Eskdale, i...

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Monica Taylor - Rhowniar, Wales, 1972

2 December 09

Outward Bound 26 day course, was amazing. I already enjoyed the outdoors but was...

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Richard Andrews - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1967

2 December 09

I was a very young 17 year old when I attended Ullswater Outward Bound during th...

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Colin Brown - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1967

1 December 09

I was 17 years of age, just passed my driving test and didn't want to be walking...

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George Nieman - Aberdovey, Wales, 1946

1 December 09

I was nine years of age when the Second World War was declared in September 1939...

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Les Mett - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1956

30 November 09

In 1956 my parents had just agreed to me staying on at school to be the first gr...

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Peter Norton - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1988

30 November 09

After my OB Adult Challenge (late 80's, Ullswater, the 'Bug Course' it was calle...

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