Sharon Kennedy is Graham's partner, and after leaving the Environment Agency, now works full-time as a freelance instructor. Sharon holds the Summer Mountain Leader and Rock Climbing Instructor awards, and is also a keen winter mountaineer. Sharon is working towards her Winter Mountain Leader award.
She's a member of a local Mountain Rescue team, and is also a first aid trainer for the British Association of Ski Patrollers, so she's a busy girl!
You're most likely to meet her working on our Mountain Training courses.
Richard Duckworth hails from Essex, but you’d never believe it from his Lancastrian accent!
He is an experienced Mountain Leader and navigation tutor and has a true passion for hillwalking. He has walked several thousand miles in every UK National Park and really enjoys passing on knowledge & skills. Beyond the hills he can often be found confusing staff in café’s by ordering “Tea for two for one”!
You're most likely to meet Richard on one of our Hill and Moorland Leader, Mountain Leader, or navigation courses.
Vikki Hughes is a Summer Mountain Leader, and a trainee Rock Climbing Instructor.
She discovered the outdoors when doing her A levels, and has stayed in love with the mountains ever since.
Her background in biological sciences has taken her to work all around the world, while having a degree in fine art shows that there is more to Vikki than mere mountains!
Vikki loves snow and rock climbing, and can also be found occasionally on a bike or in a kayak. She's most likely to be seen working on our Camping Leader and Lowland Leader courses.