FLYING to France was a novel experience for a great-grandmother from Leominster. Edith Law took her first flight at the age of 92 and marvelled at the experience.

Seeing the clouds apparently almost motionless outside the window, she declared that the aircraft had come to a stop.

"I told her I hope not or we're done for!" said daughter Meryl Stephens, who accompanied Edith on her first-ever trip abroad.

Meryl, of Sherrington Drive, Hereford, who worked for many years as a hospital sister and is still nursing, took mum from her home at The Meadows, Leominster, to visit another member of the family.

Meryl's sister Jean Beavan, a former nursing sister/district nurse at Hereford and Ross for many years, made a bold move at the age of 69 - in March she emigrated to Brittany with her husband John.

Edith, who uses a mobilty aid for walking, set her heart on visiting the couple's new home, a pretty rural location near the town of Vannes. During their stay Edith and Meryl boarded a mini-train for a tour around the town's cobbled streets and relaxed at Jean's home, which looks out over corn fields.

Edith took the return 50-minute flight back to Luton in her stride. She was "mesmerised" but unphased by the experience of flying, said Meryl. "She said her ears didn't even pop."

Meryl's partner Ray Fortey took the wheel for the most gruelling parts of the trip - the long road journey to and from the airport.

Before she took off Edith's friends were astonished by her plan to take to the air for the first time. Now she can say she doesn't know what all the fuss was about.