Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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John Ayres - Aberdovey, Wales, 1952

13 July 10

My Outward Bound adventure began well before getting off the train at Aberdovey!...

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Frank Nixon - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1968

12 July 10

I attended course M183, at the Moray Sea School in October 1968. I was in Scott ...

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David (Jim) Lythgoe - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1957

8 July 10

In 1957, my employers, the Central Electricity Generating Board ran an essay wri...

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Norma Reid - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1951

7 July 10

In October 1951 I was privileged to be chosen to go on an experimental course at...

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John F. Trickett - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1955

6 July 10

I am a former Outward Bound student who at the age of 18 was selected by my empl...

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Ian Kenworthy - Aberdovey, Wales, 1957

2 July 10

I did a 4 week course in January as part of pre-sea training prior to joining my...

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John Holmden - Aberdovey, Wales, 1942

1 July 10

I was a pupil at Gordonstoun in about 1942 when it was relocated to Wales, at a ...

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Cyril Fell - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1967

20 June 10

The course number that i was on was U137J still remember as though it was yester...

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phil king - Aberdovey, Wales, 1991

19 June 10

The toughest element for me was the final expedition undertaken over the remote ...

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