We have six UK residential centres all located in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Lake District
Snowdonia
The Highlands
I was sent by lever brothers in June 1964,I was 18.i was put into wYimpeR patrol.mr Byfleet was my instructor we had to run Dow n to the lake and jump in and…
I've been back to Aberdovey today during a valedictory tour of the UK from Australia where I live in a small South Australian town which itself used to be the…
Hello. Memories has stuck with me all these years ago. I was an 18 year old apprentice engineer at Clyde Alloy Works in Motherwell when my Forman offered me…
The shock of doing exercise very early in the morning, running naked along a jetty and jumping into a very cold lake was soon overcome. The need to carry a…
At this time a group of cadets from the 4th term at Conway were sent to Aberdovey numbering around 12. Others came from shipping companies prior to going to…
HiI attended course M192 in August/September 1969 and had a fab time, which really stretched my abilities at the time, and pushed me to the limits in lots of…
I think I have now been on 4 outward bound courses 2no at 1 week long at the main school and Martindale. 1 at 2 weeks long based at Aira Force and 4 weeks…
I was elected leader of Rodney watch and was with a group of boys who were mostly from the Liverpool area whereas I was in my last year at public school. Our…
I attended a course in May 1954 at the Outward Bound Sea School in Aberdovey. I was an apprentice to an engineering firm who sponsored two of us. The school…
Favorite Time All the timeChallenge to obtain the top award Memory of the boys in our group brilliant now 70 yoa still learning on a boat in cardiff bay yc…
Not having done anything adventurous before, to be sent on a four week "away from home" challenge as a result of an apprenticeship "prize" was daunting for me.…
I attended the 1-26 April 1965 course at Holne Park in Devon, and, whilst recently reading a report I had written for my sponsor, Barclays Bank, visited your…