A GRANDMOTHER on a mission to complete 70 challenges for charity has got her first tattoo - and has already decided it won’t be her last.
Kate Crutcher embarked on her quest to mark her 70th birthday after her son and husband died from cancer.
A new butterfly tattoo - the Brighter Futures charity logo - decorates her arm after her appointment at Elemental Tattoo Studio Swindon. And Kate, 72, has already booked another session.
She said: “As it wasn’t as bad as I expected, I’m sorry to say I’ve already booked a second one.
“I’ve spent all my life saying ‘I’ll never do that, I’ll never do that’ and here I am. This tattoo is important because it says to people how vitally important small charities are, especially through the time we’re going through at the moment.
“Having done it, I thought that it isn’t as bad as I first thought. I looked down and said ‘oh you’re finished’.
“I’m going to have another tattoo done for my husband and son. They know I love birds and my husband was a life member of the RSPB. I’m going to have a tattoo of a lovely bird.
“I’m a little bit sore, but it’s nothing to what I had expected. It wasn’t too bad at all.”
Royal Wootton Bassett resident Kate was inspired to take on a series of challenges in their memory and has now completed 58 out of 70, raising more than £8,000 in the process.
Upcoming challenges include a yoga headstand and her second skydive for Prospect Hospice, which will take place on August 22.
She said: “They support everything I do, not just for them, but for other charities. They really are wonderful.
“They supported me so I want to support them.I can’t really do enough for them."
“They’ve come to learn how crazy I am at the moment and what sort of things I’d do.
“I feel like a family member now, it’s like popping in to see your family, I go in to have a good chat and chinwag.
“I’ve made some lovely friends at the team, it’s been wonderful.”
Kate enjoyed her tattoo and said it wasn't quite as tricky as her last challenge - a go-karting session at M4 Karting near Hullavington.
“The tattoo went better than the go-karting. “It was very challenging, I hit the buffers a few times and had a surprisingly difficult time trying to steer.
“I’m afraid I did shed a few tears, but I did do it, we got there in the end.”
To donate to Kate's campaign visit justgiving.com/fundraising/kate-crutcher7
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