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Ogwen Cottage Mountain School, Bethesda

richardinwales said:
I never went on a camp as such but there was an 'Expedition Club' in School so there were trips mostly to Snowdnia and one or two to the Brecon Beacons.

Did anybody here go on an Outward Bound course at Ogwen Cottage which was for a number of years owned and run by brum council

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I was there from 6th April 1964 for 2 weeks, sent by my school Sparkhill Boys Secondary School which was previously Dennis Road School. I had a good time and learned a lot. Ron James and Tony Mason were there as instructors and we had a visit and talk from Chris Bonnington the famous mountaineer.
 
I was hitching up to Snowdonia when I was around 18 so about 1972 and a Volvo estate picked me up driven by Joe Brown who had a shop in Capel Curig and what a nice fella he was. It was late autumn and asked if I was meeting others (I was) and told me the weather was on the turn (and he was right), dropped me off at Dolgam camp site and wished me good luck on the hills. Bought a pair of gaiters at his shop later that day
 
richardinwales said:
I never went on a camp as such but there was an 'Expedition Club' in School so there were trips mostly to Snowdnia and one or two to the Brecon Beacons.

Did anybody here go on an Outward Bound course at Ogwen Cottage which was for a number of years owned and run by brum council

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Richard, I just saw this: I went there for Outward Bound in 1959. Late May I believe. There were 30 of us from Birmingham schools, we were there for 20 days. I was captain of Hillary patrol named after Sir Edmund Hillary. It was 20 days I will never forget. Back then this was tied somehow to the Duke of Edinburgh s award.

Thank you for posting this!
 
Quite a few Birmingham students featured in these articles

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Vivienne14 said:
Quite a few Birmingham students featured in these articles

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Great pictures Viv, brought back a lot of memories! In the photos they talk about climbing Tryfan. The east face of that mountain is rated as “very difficult” it was.
The last night we were there a climber (not from the schools) fell on Tryfan and we were called out for a mountain rescue that we had practiced. The patrol leaders who were expert climbers were the leaders who took the five team captains to belay the lines. We were called out at about 11 pm on a very dark, windy and rainy night. First we had to climb the mountain with two retrieval sleds and lines. The sleds were lowered down to the fallen climbers with the patrol leaders who strapped in the climbers then we pulled them up about 100 feet of the side of the mountain. Then the fallen climbers were carried down to safety. This took about 4 hours, we were all very very tired but all were safe!
 
Reading through this thread brought back lots of memories of one of the best experiences of my life.... at the time a schoolgirl from inner city Birmingham. I was at Ogwen Cottage in 1962 and 1963 and remember Tony Mason, Ron James and Mike Petrofski.
My times there, inspired me to join a climbing group headed by Pete Clews and held as an evening class at Oldknow Road school... and weekends away in Snowdonia.
Walking is still a big part of my life... thanks to those wonderful people and times at Ogwen Cottage.

Annie
 
annie56 said:
Reading through this thread brought back lots of memories of one of the best experiences of my life.... at the time a schoolgirl from inner city Birmingham. I was at Ogwen Cottage in 1962 and 1963 and remember Tony Mason, Ron James and Mike Petrofski.
My times there, inspired me to join a climbing group headed by Pete Clews and held as an evening class at Oldknow Road school... and weekends away in Snowdonia.
Walking is still a big part of my life... thanks to those wonderful people and times at Ogwen Cottage.

Annie
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Good for you! Use those abilities while you are still able!
 
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