Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Robert McGinley - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1970

15 March 18

Hello. Memories has stuck with me all these years ago. I was an 18 year old appr...

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Les Cunningham - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1973

2 March 18

Was a 16 year old junior soldier from oswestry , remember having to give a 5 min...

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Ronald Thompson - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1956

18 February 18

I was a wimp, I was bullied, I was the middle child of eleven children and my fa...

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Peter Bruton - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1968

17 February 18

My Course, U133 began in October 1968 when I was an 18-year old Police Cadet in ...

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David Telfer - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1957

9 February 18

As I was never an athlete, being at the time a little overweight as well, I foun...

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Philip Quinn - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1961

4 February 18

I have a number of photographs , tie and badge from tom course. Plus us course a...

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Colin Sullivan - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1967

6 November 17

I have written a lengthy autobiography around my experiences at Moray Sea School...

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Christiaan Van Nispen tot Sevenaer - Aberdovey, Wales, 1981

1 November 17

I was the foreigner in our group. For me it was like holiday. Three weeks doing ...

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Neil Worthington - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1971

1 November 17

Hello, My name is Neil Worthington and I would like to share my time in your Out...

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