Joanne Hughes

Jo lives in an old moated-farmhouse in Staffordshire with her husband 'Mr H', two rescue border collies, a serial-killing cat, chickens and ducks and the soon to arrive George, Chester and Cyril the Alpacas.

She enjoys being part of the audience for TV programmes (along with Mr H) and they starred in their own programme for Nick Knowles' Original Features, on the Home channel, for the filming of the restoration of their bathroom. They both enjoy meeting celebrities and the list is up to 32.

She works from home most of the time writing training materials for post-graduates and provides training in person, across the country.

She has been learning British Sign Language, as it has been a life-long dream, (which also helps in noisy clubs when trying to tell Mr H what drink she wants from the bar).