We have six UK residential centres all located in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Lake District
Snowdonia
The Highlands
The train Journey from Bircham Newton civl engineering college to Aberdovey took forever. Three weeks of cold October adventure shaped my resilience and my…
I attended 9 or 10 OB courses starting with UP12 in 1976 - mostly at Ullswater, but also Loch Eil & Berchtesgarden in 1981.The photo is Ullswater's 25th year,…
Throughout my schooldays I was afflicted by a persistent stammer, perhaps instigated by my Father's insistence that I should use my right hand in preference to…
As I write, news is coming in that the SV Concordia, a combined academic and sail experience training vessel, has capsized a significant distance to the…
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…
