We have six UK residential centres all located in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Lake District
Snowdonia
The Highlands
The OB experience stayed with me. I attended there in 1956 for 30 days before I began my 3 yr 8 month apprenticeship as a Midshipman with Blue Funnel. I…
I was born in 1934 in Liverpool, educated at Quarry Bank, later this became famous as where the Beatles started life as the Quarry Men. I attended an Army…
My most memorable thing about Ullswater 100 was the weather. For the whole time I was there it rained. All of our equipment was wet for a month.But it was…
My Outward Bound journey began in November 1978. As a 17 year old, I joined up with approximately 50 - 60 other apprentices from Cammell Laird Shipbuilders…
Peter Brass Eskdale Easter 1960As a rather naive 15 year old, I, along with two friends from our school, were given the opportunity of attending the Eskdale…
In 1942 I started an engineering apprenticeship in Huddersfield. I was 16. The war was on and, when I was old enough, I applied to join the Royal Navy - but…
My Course, U133 began in October 1968 when I was an 18-year old Police Cadet in Leicestershire Constabulary. I was elected Captain of my patrol and remember…
A few highlights from the Moray Sea School...As a 19 year old, my employers, Barclays Bank, decided to send me to Outward Bound in January 1969 - in the north…
I left school at the age of 14 for employment with Accles and Pollock Ltd., tube manufacturers, as a trainee Millwright. The company were excellent to work…
I was a pupil at Exmouth Secondary School and was given the opportunity to go to OBSS Aberdovey by the Devon County Council. It was a wonderful experience but…
I was 20, an engineering apprentice. I had never been to Scotland before but loved the idea of adventure. I spent a month at Moray Sea School with 12 other…
Recently, whilst on holiday in Wales, we decided to see if the Outward Bound School, as I knew it, was still in Aberdovey. I had been on Course 151 which ran…
