A DARING 62-year-old had the "most exhilarating experience" of her life while raising more than £3,000 for charity.

Ditta Pipe of Bean Road, Bexleyheath, jumped 12,000ft from a plane to raise cash for the Ellenor Children's Hospital at Home.

Mrs Pipe said: "It was the most exhilarating experience of my life.

"It was so fast for those first 40 seconds."

The mother-of-two added: "It was such a beautiful day.

"The view really was absolutely breathtaking."

The jump at Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent, took place on May 27.

Another £700 raised by Royal Blackheath Golf Club, where Mrs Pipe is lady captain, will be used by the charity to buy a pain-relief machine to help with the treatment of terminally-ill children.