We have six UK residential centres all located in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Lake District
Snowdonia
The Highlands
I was a very young 17 year old when I attended Ullswater Outward Bound during the month of January 1967. I remember shortly after arriving being told three…
was in lake district in april 2013,called in and got loads of info for my course(U77J) if anyone from that course reads this please write up a memo.I was in…
The summer of 76 in Scott Patrol was THE very best summer for me. Round the tarn against the clock at dawn followed by the biggest breakfasts. Seemingly weeks…
Life changing?... It certainly was!... Still valuable today?...Definitely!I was working for Barclays Bank DCO in London, when I was sent to an Outward Bound…
Ullswater Outward Bound School February 1978 Course Number U227My story starts a little before the actual course date. I was in the final year of my mechanical…
I attended Course No. S.72 between 26 Aug and 21 Sep 1957. I still have my report. Honours II, me! Lieut Ram, RN was the Contributing Officer. I was the…
I was an Apprentice Electrician with the London Electricity Board and attended course no A, 347 at Aberdovy 7t/h July- 2 August 1975 I alredy was in the…
I attended as a lad and came back as mature young man. I came from a Edinburgh housing estate school, and met lad's from all over britain, we all had our…
Course E127 Slingsby Watch November 1962.I can remember getting off at Ravenglass from our Steam Locomotive hauling our coaches from changing at Crewe. The…
My father, John Variyan, went to Aberdovey in the mid 1950’s. He then was a leader at Outward Bound Malaysia.We later moved to Calgary. When my brother and I…
I still remember my course at Aberdovey all those years ago. The people I met from completely different backgrounds. The fun we had . I remember the cutter…
My Outward Bound experiences have never left me, even though they were long ago. After a lifetime of differing occurrences in the UK Police Force, I remain…