At the age of 90, Margaret Payne still has all its legs. A force that the Scottish used for the good cause. The great-grandmother has collected 460 000 euros for public health institutions, after having climbed the steps of her staircase… to 282 times, such as the report our colleagues from CNews on Wednesday 24 June 2020. The old lady has realized an ascent of nearly 730 metres, which corresponds to the height of the mountain Suilven which is located near his home in Lochinver. A peak she had climbed in 1944 at the age of 15 years old, fleeing his city in the middle of the Second world War.
Margaret Payne claims to have been inspired by captain Tom Moore, a British of 100 years ago become a “true hero” in his country after having raised over 30 million pounds for the carers by browsing through 100 lengths of his garden with the help of his walker. It took almost ten weeks to the Scots to succeed his bet crazy and thus assist the country in taking to the pandemic of novel coronavirus.
��: A 90-year-old Sutherland woman’s climbed the equivalent of Mount Suilven in her own home ⛰
Margaret Payne’s covered more than 700m over the last two months walking up her own stairs.
She’s raised over £420,000 for charities.
▶️ Here’s her last steps �� pic.twitter.com/QX6VcKPuth
— MFR News and Sport (@MFRNews) June 23, 2020
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“bad days”
If there were ” bad days “, admits to Margaret Payne in the columns of the Herald Scotland, this last is also pleased to feel ” more in shape “. The generosity of his countrymen was also ragaillardie morally : “I never dreamed of achieving something like that. Without all these people, we would never have arrived to where we are today, ” welcomed the old lady, who had set a goal of raising € 11,000. She even had the right to the “warm congratulations” to the Prime minister Boris Johnson.
