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In1959 the government of Uganda invited employees to enrol as temporary instructors as the Outward Bound School at Loitokitok (Mount Kilimanjaro). There were…
I attended a 7 day Outward Bounds course in May of 1988 along with some of my classmates from our school (Chipping Sodbury School). We had a great time there…
It was a force nine gale in the Irish Sea, waves were crashing over our fibre-glass canoes as we desperately tried to keep them trimmed waves forward. We…
At the end of August 1952 I headed off, at the age of 17, by train from London to attend a month’s course at the Outward Bound Sea School in Aberdovey. I had…
Outward Bound U75Dates: 27th December 1962 - 22nd January 1963Sponsored by William Press & Son (now AMEC)Expeditions to form final part of Duke of Edinburgh…
I attended Aberdovey in Sept/Oct 1962, if a failing memory serves me correctly, prior to joining the Merchant Navy. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there and feel…
I attended Ullswater in 1975 as a police cadet, young and painfully shy. I have many great memories, not least of which was the early morning dip in…
As I was never an athlete, being at the time a little overweight as well, I found the course to be too much centred on athletic ability. What on earth that had…
U99 Sonsored by Newcastle and Gateshead Fire service.Saying hello and best wishes to any others on the course.
Arrived Aberdovey August 27th 1950. Allocated to Sail Training Ship "Garibaldi" tied alongside Aberdovey Pier.In retrospect I enjoyed a three day trip in…
I attended Course 219 at Aberdovey in May, 1962, and was a member of Fisher Watch. The Leader was Dewi Jones and it was his first course. The photgraph is some…
Wellbeing: tackling a fear of failure
