Eskdale Green, Outward Bound Mountain School c.1960
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Photo of Eskdale Green, Outward Bound Mountain School c.1960

Memories of Eskdale Green, Outward Bound Mountain School c1960

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Eskdale Green, Outward Bound Mountain School c.1960

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As an Essex Police Cadet I went to the Eskdale Outward Bound Centre in 1964/65 where I was subsequently elected the leader of Young Patrol. Every morning between 6-7am we were woken and had to run down to the lake and jump off the jetty into the lake, often having to break the thin ice, then climb out and run around the lake and back to the residential block for a hot shower, before breakfast. The keep ...see more
I remember making the journey back and forth from our home in northumberland to visit my grandmother who was housekeeper here in I think (late 60s). Florence humble a little lady with a blue rinse! I remember as a child of 10-11 the ropes outside and the wooden stair rails. But most of all I remember always walking around the lake before tea. Beautiful place.