Gran, 65, is the first woman to ‘climb’ the Three Peaks

A real-life Supergran has described how she was left ‘battered and bruised’ and pushed her body to the limit to become Britain’s first female wheelchair user to ‘climb’ the Three Peaks for charity. Mary Lamb, 65, suffered a chest infection, stomach problems and was ’10 minutes away from hypothermia’ during the gruelling three-day challenge which saw her summit all three mountains – Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon – with the help of the British Army and her guide dog Sheldon. ‘I don’t know how I got through it, to be honest,’ said Mary. ‘I was told I couldn’t do it so I just went and did it and that was it. You just push through. If I say I’m going to do something, I do it!’ Mary’s ‘dream team’ included her three friends Sian Cuthbertson, Jill Tinsley and Kev Pearson, husband Mike and Jamie Macdonald from Dogs For Good. They drove to each mountain in a Kodiaq SUV provided by Škoda and soldiers from various corps, regiments and units across the army led by Captain James Martin of the Royal Engineers and Mountain Leader Sergeant Chris Gooch of the Mercian Regiment.