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Steve Pope BSc Ch.Eng. Steve (above) is a chartered mining engineer who is a former NCB coal mine manager and a former HSE safety inspector . He is one of our many experienced underground guides and mountaineering tutors, who has worked with us for over 25 years years above & below ground. Steve's a valued member of our safety management team and our centre's quality assurance team. Very few centres in the UK can boast a mines inspector or a H&S Manager with Steve's wealth of experience as a long- serving member of their instruction team Former HSE Health & Safety Inspector HM Mines Inspector AALA Approved Technical Advisor ( Caving ) Chartered Engineer DCA Caving Instructor SPA Climbing Instructor Mountain Rescue First Aid Qualified Warranted Scout Leader Steve is now a senior partner in a very successful private Health & Safety and Legal Consultancy. He holds a First Class Certificate of Competence as a Mines Inspector and is a chartered mining engineer. Like Tony, Steve also holds a Scout Leaders warrant and is an active scout leader in his home town of Daventry. He is shortly goung to take over from Tony Kendall as Caving Safety Advisor for Leics Scouts. If you want to know anything about safety and the Law in the UK Steve is the man to ask first of all. Pete Brookes MCIPS : Peter's a highly experienced and qualified quality assurance & procurement specialist who's worked as an outdoor pursuits instructor with our team for over 22 years - specialising as a caving & rock-climbing, orienteering & mountain biking tutor. A good man to alongside you when you're in a tight squeeze, you can see more of Peter on an advanced caving expedition on one of our website's caving pages ! SPSA Climbing & Abseiling Instructor DCA Level One trained Euain Jones Mountain Rescue First Aider Just like Caroline and many others now working in the team, Pete first started with us as a customer who was keen on caving and rock climbing ( at the time he was working fullt ime as an NCB mines manager) and then started training here and passed his SPSA, Euain Jones First Aid qualifications and other NGB qualifications to become an instructor in our fellowship. Pete ice climbing at Kundelklamm in Tyrol. Pete's still an accomplished strategic supply-chain development and total quality assurance consultant, working as one of the founding fathers of a well known multi-million pound railway and oil industry supply chain and safety assurance consultancy when he's not here helping us. Peter now climbs and enjoys skiing and ice climbing in the Alps...and is a mean Scalextric racing car driver and flight simulator F-16 pilot too ! A little known fact about Pete is that he an accomplished player of the didgeridoo and he is the best circus skills juggler we know. His stage name is "Fabulous Willy". He is a very skilful climber and has won several rock climbing competitions in the East Midlands.
Steve (above) is a chartered mining engineer who is a former NCB coal mine manager and a former HSE safety inspector . He is one of our many experienced underground guides and mountaineering tutors, who has worked with us for over 25 years years above & below ground. Steve's a valued member of our safety management team and our centre's quality assurance team. Very few centres in the UK can boast a mines inspector or a H&S Manager with Steve's wealth of experience as a long- serving member of their instruction team Former HSE Health & Safety Inspector HM Mines Inspector AALA Approved Technical Advisor ( Caving ) Chartered Engineer DCA Caving Instructor SPA Climbing Instructor Mountain Rescue First Aid Qualified Warranted Scout Leader Steve is now a senior partner in a very successful private Health & Safety and Legal Consultancy. He holds a First Class Certificate of Competence as a Mines Inspector and is a chartered mining engineer. Like Tony, Steve also holds a Scout Leaders warrant and is an active scout leader in his home town of Daventry. He is shortly goung to take over from Tony Kendall as Caving Safety Advisor for Leics Scouts. If you want to know anything about safety and the Law in the UK Steve is the man to ask first of all.
Pete Brookes MCIPS : Peter's a highly experienced and qualified quality assurance & procurement specialist who's worked as an outdoor pursuits instructor with our team for over 22 years - specialising as a caving & rock-climbing, orienteering & mountain biking tutor. A good man to alongside you when you're in a tight squeeze, you can see more of Peter on an advanced caving expedition on one of our website's caving pages ! SPSA Climbing & Abseiling Instructor DCA Level One trained Euain Jones Mountain Rescue First Aider Just like Caroline and many others now working in the team, Pete first started with us as a customer who was keen on caving and rock climbing ( at the time he was working fullt ime as an NCB mines manager) and then started training here and passed his SPSA, Euain Jones First Aid qualifications and other NGB qualifications to become an instructor in our fellowship. Pete ice climbing at Kundelklamm in Tyrol. Pete's still an accomplished strategic supply-chain development and total quality assurance consultant, working as one of the founding fathers of a well known multi-million pound railway and oil industry supply chain and safety assurance consultancy when he's not here helping us. Peter now climbs and enjoys skiing and ice climbing in the Alps...and is a mean Scalextric racing car driver and flight simulator F-16 pilot too ! A little known fact about Pete is that he an accomplished player of the didgeridoo and he is the best circus skills juggler we know. His stage name is "Fabulous Willy". He is a very skilful climber and has won several rock climbing competitions in the East Midlands.
....... John T, Lyn, Ben, Cheryl, Jon, Lynne, William, Annie,Teddy et alia.... Just a few of our part-time tutors on one of the advanced cave & mountain rescue first-aid courses run at Rock Lea. John Thomas BA BSc John is a very long serving and much valued member of our team of volunteer sports tutors who had a successful career as a computer IT centre and networking manager. He's an extremely popular nationally qualified climbing and caving and abseiling tutor, who has generated lots of thank you letters from the many people he has taught to climb and cave over the 23+ years he's been working in our team. John likes to take out small groups climbing onto the adjacent crags..and is a popular member of our centre's senior guiding team. SPSA Climbing Instructor Euain Jones Mountain Rescue First Aider Wilderness First Aider DCA Level 2 Caving Rescue & Emergency Care Qualified A great deal of Rock Lea's success is down to people like John who has worked so hard to support us. The people who wear our red instructors jumpers are all "chosen men and women" who have served over ten years and are proud to be full members of the Rock Lea's elite "SEAL" team of senior tutors. Many of the SEAL team have higher qualifications than many of the full time senior tutors to be found working in lots of other outdoor centres. Our SEALs work here part-time when they're not being brain surgeons, dentists, IT experts, civil engineers, etc ! Angela Groves : After a spell working as one of Peak Activities' volunteers, Angela decided to pack in her job as a housing officer in Norwich and became a WRVS officer supporting young service personnel in places such as Northern Ireland and Bosnia ! A keen hill walker and experienced activities leader, Angela still helps us out as one of our most valued jolly volunteers. A typical enthusiast, her ever cheerful smile, patience, kind words and young-at-heart approach to life are always much appreciated. Like all of us working here, Angela loves the Peak District National Park's wonderful scenery. Click to see some recent "THANK YOU" LETTERS from GROUP ORGANSIERS ....
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John T, Lyn, Ben, Cheryl, Jon, Lynne, William, Annie,Teddy et alia.... Just a few of our part-time tutors on one of the advanced cave & mountain rescue first-aid courses run at Rock Lea. John Thomas BA BSc John is a very long serving and much valued member of our team of volunteer sports tutors who had a successful career as a computer IT centre and networking manager. He's an extremely popular nationally qualified climbing and caving and abseiling tutor, who has generated lots of thank you letters from the many people he has taught to climb and cave over the 23+ years he's been working in our team. John likes to take out small groups climbing onto the adjacent crags..and is a popular member of our centre's senior guiding team. SPSA Climbing Instructor Euain Jones Mountain Rescue First Aider Wilderness First Aider DCA Level 2 Caving Rescue & Emergency Care Qualified A great deal of Rock Lea's success is down to people like John who has worked so hard to support us. The people who wear our red instructors jumpers are all "chosen men and women" who have served over ten years and are proud to be full members of the Rock Lea's elite "SEAL" team of senior tutors. Many of the SEAL team have higher qualifications than many of the full time senior tutors to be found working in lots of other outdoor centres. Our SEALs work here part-time when they're not being brain surgeons, dentists, IT experts, civil engineers, etc ! Angela Groves : After a spell working as one of Peak Activities' volunteers, Angela decided to pack in her job as a housing officer in Norwich and became a WRVS officer supporting young service personnel in places such as Northern Ireland and Bosnia ! A keen hill walker and experienced activities leader, Angela still helps us out as one of our most valued jolly volunteers. A typical enthusiast, her ever cheerful smile, patience, kind words and young-at-heart approach to life are always much appreciated. Like all of us working here, Angela loves the Peak District National Park's wonderful scenery. Click to see some recent "THANK YOU" LETTERS from GROUP ORGANSIERS ....
"The quality of each one of our highly-acclaimed centre's events is chiefly down to the skills & enthusiastic attitude of all our team - and the way colleagues manage themselves & go out of their way to help our customers before & during their activities. " The enthusiasm and expertise of our unique panel of volunteer and part-time tutors are often cited by our customers as vital elements in the excellence of our sports and training events." Iain Jennings Chartered FCIPD- Centre Director
Top left clockwise : Dean, Mark, Kim, Caroline, Tony and Richard.
Dean Peck BSc MILAM: (above ; top left)
SPSA Climbing Instructor Euain Jones Mountain Rescue First Aider DCA Qualified Level One Caving Tutor Qualified Teacher PRIMARY Dean is an SPSA and DCA qualified climbing & caving instructor, with over 8 years experience working full time and part-time as a senior instructor & trainer at Rock Lea. A graduate in Leisure and Recreation Studies and Member of the Institute of Leisure & Amenties Management, Dean now has a postgraduate teacher training qualification and following tgeaching Primary youngsters for several years he now works full time training other primary school teachers modern teaching methods and pedagogy.
Wing Commander Pete Daughtrey BSc PGCE MCIPD RAF ( Retired) "Uncle Pete" is one of our centre's experienced professional development trainers who assists us by sharing his vast array of experience with us from time to time. He is a typical part-time associate who also worked as senior training officer at a well known International School of Aeronautical Medicine. Until he retired from the air force recently Pete was Area Commander (North) for the RAF's recruiting and training function managing a large team all around the UK. Chartered Trainer - Chartered FCIPD Member - Institute of Management DFES Qualified Secondary School Teacher Qualified Senior First Aid Tutor Qualified First AId Trainer / Assessor DCA Trained to Level One SPSA Trained Climbing Instructor REC Euain Jones Mountain Rescue First Aider A specialist in management & leadership training, recruitment and selection, Peter has enjoyed many years involved in the selection and training of managers for one of the world's most prestigious and highly respected transportation and peacekeeping organisations working in the UK and overseas. He's been a valued friend and member of our team for many years. Having taught Physics for many years at an inner city school, Pete enjoys a joke and has a cheerful, down to earth approach to teaching and developing people at all levels.... Peter has helped us run a wide variety of team building & leadership development courses with Iain and the team in the past few years for clients as varied as Reuters, Rolls Royce, Powergen, Bosch, British Steel, TXU Babcocks & Eastern plc. A little known but useful fact regarding Pete is that he is also a qualified plumber and now he has retired from the RAF he has been known to fit some rather impessive pipework in between other training assignments ! ...... Tony Kendall MISM MIST FRGS: (above ) Tony is one of our company's directors. He is a senior Scouts Caving Safety and Training Advisor. Holder of the Chief Scout's Medal of Merit and the Silver Acorn Award for 25+ years service as a caving and safety adviser and scout troop leader. He has worked with Iain's team now for over 25 years. Tony has extensive experience over almost 30 years as a caving leader all over the UK and abroad. For many years he was one of the key personnel teaching and assessing the safety and suitability ofcave leaders being awarded the Scouts' own Form"C" award.... which has now been replaced by the national NCA award scheme. If any of our very experienced caving instructors want to know anything about a cave anywhere in the UK or in France or Spain they tend to seek out Tony who will know the answer. Warranted Scout Leader Silver Acorn and Medal of Merit Scout Award Holder SPSA Trained Climbing & Abseiling Instructor DCA Level Two Trained Caving Instructor REC & Euain Jones Mountain Rescue First Aider AALA Approved Technical & Safety Advisor Tony was a staff governor of De Montfort University, Leicester for many years, where he worked as a laboratory manager. One of our company's Godfathers in every sense of the word...including being James and Elizabeth's Godfather ! He was recently honoured at the House of Commons when a Minister of State awarded him an Investor in Community Award for his work with young people living in the inner city of Leicester. .. James Jennings : ( fully qualified first aider & junior assistant ) Wilderness Rescue First Aider Taek Kwon Do - First Dan - Tutor Pilot Radio Telephony Qualified Bike Fleet Maintenance Technician James is our most junior member of staff, but he already holds some impressive qualifications including a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. James has passed his Wilderness and Mountaineering First Aid - Emergency Casualty First Aid Certificate... issued by our centre's external examiners. This is the casualty first-aid qualification which many of our much more experienced staff hold...so he is being trained up and qualified to become a very popular and useful member of our caving and abseiling backup team. James is an accomplished skiier and a keen climber and walker, with quite a lot of Alpine experience. He is now training to be a pilot flying Piper Cherokee 143-D and Cessna 172 aeroplanes and he has logged many hours of safe take offs and landings in places as far afield as Blackpool, North Wales and Derby. Following two residential weekend courses James passing his Radio Telephony Exams with a 100% score - he can now talk over the air to Air Traffic Controllers and he hopes to fly solo and gain his PPL ( VFR) pilot's licence very soon. James taxiing Piper Cherokee "Charlie Alpha." James has grown up at Rock Lea & so in spite of his youthfulness he has enjoyed some great experiences abseiling, ice climbing, caving, mountain biking and climbing and he has a very safe and mature approach to outdoor activities. James is now one of our best German speaking instructors, a very sound bike safety technician and he shares our passion for outdoor activities such as walking & skiing in Tyrol. Many of our customers are grateful to James for helping out and keeping them safe and dry at the bottom of one of our abseils over a fast flowing river ! Kim George : Formerly outdoor pursuits advisor & senior instructor for Sheffield Local Education Authority, Kim has advised us for many years on cycling safety & helps lead biking & training events. He is a director of the British Assn. of Skiing Instructors. A member of the Federation of Sports Coaches and a former Raleigh Bike Team member & three times UK Junior Cyclo-cross Champion, in his younger years, Kim is a keen skiing coach and cycling coach with specialist skills, qualifications & a vast amount of experience in activities for special needs (slow learner) groups. Often to be found heli-skiing & Ski Guiding in the Italian and French Alps or on the less scenic skiing pistes of Sheffield ! Kim is currently spending a lot of time on a new business venture teaching folks how to telemark ski over in the Italian and Austrian Alps. Caroline, Cheryl & Lyn ...three of our longest serving SEAL tutors.
Wing Commander Pete Daughtrey BSc PGCE MCIPD RAF ( Retired) "Uncle Pete" is one of our centre's experienced professional development trainers who assists us by sharing his vast array of experience with us from time to time. He is a typical part-time associate who also worked as senior training officer at a well known International School of Aeronautical Medicine. Until he retired from the air force recently Pete was Area Commander (North) for the RAF's recruiting and training function managing a large team all around the UK. Chartered Trainer - Chartered FCIPD Member - Institute of Management DFES Qualified Secondary School Teacher Qualified Senior First Aid Tutor Qualified First AId Trainer / Assessor DCA Trained to Level One SPSA Trained Climbing Instructor REC Euain Jones Mountain Rescue First Aider A specialist in management & leadership training, recruitment and selection, Peter has enjoyed many years involved in the selection and training of managers for one of the world's most prestigious and highly respected transportation and peacekeeping organisations working in the UK and overseas. He's been a valued friend and member of our team for many years. Having taught Physics for many years at an inner city school, Pete enjoys a joke and has a cheerful, down to earth approach to teaching and developing people at all levels.... Peter has helped us run a wide variety of team building & leadership development courses with Iain and the team in the past few years for clients as varied as Reuters, Rolls Royce, Powergen, Bosch, British Steel, TXU Babcocks & Eastern plc. A little known but useful fact regarding Pete is that he is also a qualified plumber and now he has retired from the RAF he has been known to fit some rather impessive pipework in between other training assignments ! ...... Tony Kendall MISM MIST FRGS: (above ) Tony is one of our company's directors. He is a senior Scouts Caving Safety and Training Advisor. Holder of the Chief Scout's Medal of Merit and the Silver Acorn Award for 25+ years service as a caving and safety adviser and scout troop leader. He has worked with Iain's team now for over 25 years. Tony has extensive experience over almost 30 years as a caving leader all over the UK and abroad. For many years he was one of the key personnel teaching and assessing the safety and suitability ofcave leaders being awarded the Scouts' own Form"C" award.... which has now been replaced by the national NCA award scheme. If any of our very experienced caving instructors want to know anything about a cave anywhere in the UK or in France or Spain they tend to seek out Tony who will know the answer. Warranted Scout Leader Silver Acorn and Medal of Merit Scout Award Holder SPSA Trained Climbing & Abseiling Instructor DCA Level Two Trained Caving Instructor REC & Euain Jones Mountain Rescue First Aider AALA Approved Technical & Safety Advisor Tony was a staff governor of De Montfort University, Leicester for many years, where he worked as a laboratory manager. One of our company's Godfathers in every sense of the word...including being James and Elizabeth's Godfather ! He was recently honoured at the House of Commons when a Minister of State awarded him an Investor in Community Award for his work with young people living in the inner city of Leicester.
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James Jennings : ( fully qualified first aider & junior assistant )
Wilderness Rescue First Aider Taek Kwon Do - First Dan - Tutor Pilot Radio Telephony Qualified Bike Fleet Maintenance Technician
James is our most junior member of staff, but he already holds some impressive qualifications including a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. James has passed his Wilderness and Mountaineering First Aid - Emergency Casualty First Aid Certificate... issued by our centre's external examiners. This is the casualty first-aid qualification which many of our much more experienced staff hold...so he is being trained up and qualified to become a very popular and useful member of our caving and abseiling backup team. James is an accomplished skiier and a keen climber and walker, with quite a lot of Alpine experience. He is now training to be a pilot flying Piper Cherokee 143-D and Cessna 172 aeroplanes and he has logged many hours of safe take offs and landings in places as far afield as Blackpool, North Wales and Derby. Following two residential weekend courses James passing his Radio Telephony Exams with a 100% score - he can now talk over the air to Air Traffic Controllers and he hopes to fly solo and gain his PPL ( VFR) pilot's licence very soon. James taxiing Piper Cherokee "Charlie Alpha." James has grown up at Rock Lea & so in spite of his youthfulness he has enjoyed some great experiences abseiling, ice climbing, caving, mountain biking and climbing and he has a very safe and mature approach to outdoor activities. James is now one of our best German speaking instructors, a very sound bike safety technician and he shares our passion for outdoor activities such as walking & skiing in Tyrol. Many of our customers are grateful to James for helping out and keeping them safe and dry at the bottom of one of our abseils over a fast flowing river !
Kim George :
Formerly outdoor pursuits advisor & senior instructor for Sheffield Local Education Authority, Kim has advised us for many years on cycling safety & helps lead biking & training events. He is a director of the British Assn. of Skiing Instructors. A member of the Federation of Sports Coaches and a former Raleigh Bike Team member & three times UK Junior Cyclo-cross Champion, in his younger years, Kim is a keen skiing coach and cycling coach with specialist skills, qualifications & a vast amount of experience in activities for special needs (slow learner) groups. Often to be found heli-skiing & Ski Guiding in the Italian and French Alps or on the less scenic skiing pistes of Sheffield ! Kim is currently spending a lot of time on a new business venture teaching folks how to telemark ski over in the Italian and Austrian Alps.
Caroline, Cheryl & Lyn
...three of our longest serving SEAL tutors.
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Caroline Jennings BSc PGCE "Fred" is one of our longest- serving team members & is now our Finance & Admin. Director as well as being a successful mum of two youngsters, Caroline met Iain when he was running one of our hillcraft courses in the early 80's. She didn't want to go back to Essex and ended up staying around ! Caroline runs our base "Rock Lea"
Caroline Jennings BSc PGCE
"Fred" is one of our longest- serving team members & is now our Finance & Admin. Director as well as being a successful mum of two youngsters, Caroline met Iain when he was running one of our hillcraft courses in the early 80's. She didn't want to go back to Essex and ended up staying around ! Caroline runs our base "Rock Lea"
QUALIFIED PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER (Secondary) SPSA Trained Climbing Instructor REC & Euain Jones Mountain Rescue First Aider DCC Certified Minibus Driver Swimming Coach Trampoline Coach Caroline has over 25 years of experience working as a walking guide and multisports instructress. Like many of our team, Caroline is an experienced DES /DfEE qualified teacher with a PGCE qualification. Caroline has a first degree in PE and Human Movement from Cardiff & taught P.E. many years at Lady Manners School and Sixth Form in nearby Bakewell. Formerly a very successful competition swimmer, she now enjoys walking & mountain biking with her Pointer dogs & the kids when she's not busy looking after Iain and the rest of our team. Alan Robinson BSc ChEng. Alan is one of our many long-serving and experienced part-time volunteer instructors. Like Steve he's a chartered engineer and he's another keen caver and a diver too. Alan's a leading member of a wel known mines and cave rescue team. A civil engineer by profession, Alan often helps out as one of our enthusiastic cave and climbing leaders. Alan met his wife Vicky (who is another one of our experienced volunteer caving instructresses) fifteen years ago on one of our adventure breaks when they were both customers on courses we were running at Edale. Vicky's the intrepid caver abseiling in the photograph below : - Click here to see more information about more of our team of highly experienced and qualified indoor and outdoor instruction and training specialists. abseiling into a pothole... CLICK to see more of our friendly team of trainers & tutors ... GO TO MAIN INDEX... Alphabetical index... ACTIVITY EVENTS OPEN TO INDIVIDUALS... GROUPS ARE SPOILED FOR CHOICE ! Thank you letters from recent group leaders who have booked us... Insurance Cover... Accommodation choices available.... WIDE CHOICE OF ACTIVITIES ON OFFER... MAKING A BOOKING...
QUALIFIED PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER (Secondary) SPSA Trained Climbing Instructor REC & Euain Jones Mountain Rescue First Aider DCC Certified Minibus Driver Swimming Coach Trampoline Coach Caroline has over 25 years of experience working as a walking guide and multisports instructress. Like many of our team, Caroline is an experienced DES /DfEE qualified teacher with a PGCE qualification. Caroline has a first degree in PE and Human Movement from Cardiff & taught P.E. many years at Lady Manners School and Sixth Form in nearby Bakewell. Formerly a very successful competition swimmer, she now enjoys walking & mountain biking with her Pointer dogs & the kids when she's not busy looking after Iain and the rest of our team. Alan Robinson BSc ChEng. Alan is one of our many long-serving and experienced part-time volunteer instructors. Like Steve he's a chartered engineer and he's another keen caver and a diver too. Alan's a leading member of a wel known mines and cave rescue team. A civil engineer by profession, Alan often helps out as one of our enthusiastic cave and climbing leaders. Alan met his wife Vicky (who is another one of our experienced volunteer caving instructresses) fifteen years ago on one of our adventure breaks when they were both customers on courses we were running at Edale. Vicky's the intrepid caver abseiling in the photograph below : - Click here to see more information about more of our team of highly experienced and qualified indoor and outdoor instruction and training specialists.
abseiling into a pothole...
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please telephone us on 01433-650345