Stroke survivor, 94, to take part in park run

Jean Dyke said staff would cheer her on at the weekend

A 94-year-old woman, who had been left unable to walk after a mini-stroke, plans to take part in a park run.

Jean Dyke, otherwise known as Happy, is to walk one lap of the Evesham park run route - covering 2.5km (1.55 miles) on Saturday.

The Cavendish Park Care Home resident, who walks with a stick, is raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Care home staff were going to cheer her on, she said.

She said she knew it would take her "a long time", but pledged to do it, even if it took her till midnight.

When she arrived at the care home, she had been unable to walk, she said.

"I'd had a mini-stroke and I used to keep trying and trying to walk a little bit more and I made it."

She has done "little walks" previously, but not 2.5km in one go.

"If there's something you really, really, really want to do, stick it out, however long it takes you" she said.

"You'll get there in the end."

As for her name, she said she was always happy.

"I was named after a horse, because my one little niece used to come to us a lot and because she was left with us, we used to pretend to be two horses," she said.

"She was Diamond and I was Happy."