If you’re feeling creaky as the end of the season approaches, take heart from these tales of the more mature thruster, says Tessa Waugh

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After being told she was too old, overweight and unfit to finish a mountain trek, Beverley Slocombe, 70, set out to prove the world wrong

“ Parked up at The Little Roadway Farm Campsite at the top of Challacombe Hill, we excitedly made our way across the National Trust car park and then carefully down the old Smugglers Path towards town