Great-great-grandmother aged 98 cycles 500 miles for charity

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Great-great-grandmother aged 98 cycles 500 miles for charity Wales Online

A 98-year-old woman raised thousands of pounds for charity by cycling more than 500 miles for 80 days.

Great-great-grandmother Diana O’Flynn likes to keep active and was starting to get frustrated with lockdown when she asked her family for a recumbent static bike.

Not keen with a casual pedal, she set herself a target of cycling every day for 80 days, from the comfort of her own lounge.

The retired teacher succeeded in her Challenge, pedalling for at least half an hour a day, racking up 560 miles.

Chirpy Diana said tucking a hot water bottle behind her back and watching TV programs about wildlife and nature kept her going from April 12 to June 30.

She raised more than £4,000 for homelessness charity West London Mission set up in 1887 by Diana’s great grandmother Katherine Price Hughes.

Diana, from Ottery St Mary in Devon, said: "I think quite a lot of keeping active is in the mind, but the body’s got to tag along too.

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“I feel very lucky that I’m able to do it.

“I think you’ve just got to fight it.

“Once you just sit in a chair and don’t do anything you’re on the way out.

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