A 90-year-old Malvern woman with Parkinson's travelled to the northernmost tip of Great Britain to see her daughter complete an sponsored walk of over 1,000 miles.

Jane Woodman, who lives at Clarence Park Village in Malvern Link, disregarded her age and ill-health to fly from Birmingham to Edinburgh and then from Edinburgh to Wick, to greet daughter Jill Woodman as she finished her epic walk from Land's End to John O'Groats.

Jill, aged 63, who lives in Leeds, had walked 1,104 miles, setting off on March 4 to raise money for Parkinson's, arriving at John O'Groats on Tuesday, June 7.

Jill's sister Jenny, who runs a business in Malvern, said: "Our mother has had Parkinson’s for about five years now and it’s given her a very crooked, drooping neck which constantly aches, but she felt well enough to make a 40-minute car journey, two plane flights and a bus journey to stand for two hours in the wind with a large poster saying Well Done Jill."

Jill had walked about 20 miles a day, staying at pre-booked hostels and bed-and-breakfasts along the way.

"Unfortunately there was no mobile signal," said Jenny, "so although Jill sent seven texts and voice messages saying when she was about to arrive, we didn’t receive them , so we had to stay on full alert, poster at the ready, for the the two hours.

" When she finally did come up through the car park towards the big cross, she had managed to be an hour early and Mum had just gone for a three-minute walk.

"I had to ask Jill to withdraw for five minutes until Mum was back and the poster was up. In that time, three burly motorbikers had kindly volunteered to hold up the rather long poster as well. Jill re-appeared in a timely fashion and walked towards the poster and the cross, and this time there were quite a few people standing around watching."