Margaret Payne completes Suilven stair climb challenge

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Margaret Payne
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Margaret completing her fundraising effort

A 90-year-old woman has completed a two-month-long fundraising challenge.

Margaret Payne has climbed the equivalent of Highland mountain Suilven - 731m (2,398ft) - with trips upstairs at her Sutherland home.

Her challenge started on 12 April and took almost 300 trips to complete. She has raised more than £347,000 for the NHS, Highland Hospice and RNLI.

Mrs Payne, from Ardvar, first climbed Suilven, in the west of Sutherland when she was aged 15 in 1944.

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Margaret began the challenge in April

Her stair climbing was inspired by the fundraising efforts of Captain Tom Moore.

The war veteran raised more than £32m for NHS charities by completing 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday in April.