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local sky dive for charity
charity BRIDGETTE IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD!
Back in the May edition of the magazine we brought news of an 83-year-old lady who was attempting to jump out of a plane as part of a charity skydive. Well, she has only gone and done it!!!
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Bridgette Whittaker, from Ivel Road in Shefford, successfully performed a tandem skydive at Sibson Airfield in Peterborough and at the same time raised lots of money for Ukraine. We caught up with Bridgette to find out how the ‘big jump’ went…
“My original jump was scheduled for 2nd May, however, due to a change in the regulations for my age group this caused a delay. Then the weather took a turn, with lots of rain, then too much wind, and then not enough wind, and this meant further delays. Eventually, we got the green light and on 15th July we were blessed with lovely weather - sunny blue skies and just the right amount of wind! Our aircraft took us up, high above the clouds, it was soon time to jump! On my previous skydive I had my eyes closed for the duration, but on this occasion my skydive instructor, called Andy, told me to “Open your eyes”, and with my eyes open it really did feel like I was in space. The whole experience was amazing! I can’t really explain it, it was absolute fantastic feeling. It was eerily silent, no birds, no nothing. I remember looking down, and could see land, vast amounts of land, and it made me think to myself, how can man kill another man, how can nations attack other nations, when we have all this splendid earth below us? We have been given this beautiful land to do something with it, not to kill and destroy it.”
Bridgette is still on track to hit her £1000 fund-raising target. If you have not had chance to support Bridgette, then you can still sponsor her by simply visiting: https://gofund.me/1040194c where you can donate. British-Ukrainian Aid supports people in any part of the world who are the victims of war or natural disaster, trouble, or catastrophe in particular by the supply of medical aid to such persons and organisations caring for them. Bridgette added, “I would like to thank
Chris & Hannah for kindly sponsoring me, they are the new owners of the Thornton Arms public house in Everton. Also, thanks to LivingLife for kindly covering my charity skydive in their publication.”
