STORIES

Stories

Outward Bound was founded in 1941 to give young men the confidence to survive if their ships went down in the North Atlantic. The model was so successful that when the war was over, young men from commerce and industry were sent on courses with remarkable results.

Now we have girls and boys as young as 11 years of age participating in Outward Bound. While some things have changed, what remains the same is the unique adventure and personal journey each participant experiences. Every story is an adventure worth reading - and worth sharing - here.

What was your biggest Outward Bound challenge? Do you have a humorous or poignant story to tell? Have you used the skills and confidence from Outward Bound to help you in life?  We would love to hear your experience of Outward Bound.

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Generations Story of the Month

  • 13th March 2013
    jim norman
    Ullswater, The Lake District
    2000

    This is about someone who was a member of the patrol of mine at Ullswater when I was a permanent instructor in 1964. On the first evening I used to encourage the individual members to goive a brief talk to the other members of...

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Your Stories

  • 17th March 2010
    david bradley
    Eskdale, The Lake District
    1961

    Arrived at the school as a rather naive nineteen year old via the then Seascales station and were divided into our patrols, mine being Young Patrol led by Chief instructor Mr Elliott with assistant Mr Perry.
    The next 26...

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  • 12th March 2010
    Terry Thomas
    Devon on Ashburton
    1966

    We camped for the night just outside Sticklepath in Devon, it was blowing and raining for Britain and we were struggling to get the Bivys up. We spied a barn and decamped to its relative warmth and comfort. In the morning we...

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  • 10th March 2010
    Lauren Howarth
    Ullswater, The Lake District
    2000

    I went to Ullswater in December last year 2009 and i loved every little minunte of it,, i meet loads of new friends that i still talk to now and i chalanged my self to do some of the things that i did,, if you ever get the...

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