A GRANDMOTHER was tested to the limits during an epic uphill bike challenge in aid of charity.

Meg Dennis, from Brookmans Park, last Tuesday completed a gruelling 1,038-mile ride from Land’s End, Cornwall, to John O’Groats, Caithness.

The 70-year-old, who was joined by daughter Liz, 35, has now raised �2,000 for WGC-based Isabel Hospice.

“It was a terribly hard effort,” said mum-of-four and grandmother-of-five Mrs Dennis, of Brookmans Avenue.

“We went through the Lake District and the Highlands and it was extremely hilly.”

Cycling around 50 miles a day, starting on May 10, Mrs Dennis said she had little training before the expedition.

“I did a little bit of cycling beforehand but even so it was a shock at how hilly [the journey] it was,” she told the Welwyn Hatfield Times.

“One of the best days was in Scotland when the sun was shining, the wind was behind us and the surface was fairly flat.

“It was a lovely nice day.”

A regular fundraiser for Isabel Hospice, Mrs Dennis, married to Gordon, had no regrets about her toughest mission.

She added: “It was a very hard earned �2,000 but I am very pleased [to have earned the money] as it is going to a very good cause.”

A spokeswoman for Isabel Hospice said they were grateful to Mrs Dennis and people like her who helped raise money for the charity.

She said: “We are used to Meg being a generous supporter of the hospice, but we never realised she would embark on such an enormous challenge.

“We would like to congratulate her on an amazing achievement.”