AN ADVENTUROUS mum's boots showed they were made for walking as she scaled the dizzy heights of Britain's highest mountain in a bid to raise money for an epilepsy charity.
Wendy Robinson, 42, of Victoria Road, Fulwood, pulled on her hiking boots on Saturday and joined 30 others on the 1,350-metre trek up Ben Nevis to rope in cash for Epilepsy Action.
It took the mum-of-two nine hours to complete the Scottish mountain challenge.
It is the first time Wendy has tried anything like this and she is delighted to have raised more than £500 for the organisation which aims to raise awareness about the condition she has had since she was 18.
She said: "It was absolutely brilliant. The scenery was absolutely amazing and nothing could beat the feeling when I got to the top." But it was text messages from husband Michael, son David, 12, and daughter, Lizzie, nine, that kept her on her toes.
"I kept getting the messages on my way up telling me how proud of me they were and that I should keep going," said Wendy, a psychiatric nurse.
"I didn't have a signal when I got to the top and I really wanted to talk to them though so I borrowed someone else's phone to call them. They were really pleased.
"I don't think a lot of people understand a lot about epilepsy in terms of if someone was having a fit some would be inclined to think they were drunk or had been taking drugs.
"I'd definitely do it again. But I must admit it was a little embarrassing when I had 70-year-olds overtaking me, but I thought 'get a grip Wendy' and it kept me going.
"I thought I'd just fainted when I had my first fit and it's important people know more."
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