A fearless Aberfeldy woman has fulfilled her 90th birthday wish but it was no sedate family party or quiet day in with friends.
Nerveless nonagenarian Effie Morrison plummeted headlong through the white water rapids on the River Tay in a display of bravado which would make lesser women tremble.
What made her feat all the more remarkable is Effie, who celebrates her birthday today, is registered blind, having suffered macular degeneration for 14 years.
Her daredevil bid to conquer the 20mph rapids raised cash for Perth and Kinross Society for the Blind, of which she has been a user for many years.
Edinburgh-born Effie, who has lived in Perthshire for 60 years, said, “When I heard about a woman on TV doing white water rafting I thought I would quite like to do that.
“It was absolutely fantastic and I would do it again maybe not tomorrow, but definitely some time.”
Effie was met at the end of her 90-minute journey from Dunolly to Grandtully by Jan Williamson of the society with a present of champagne and flowers.
She said, “Effie has been coming to us for a number of years now and she’s very popular we’ve called her ‘amazing Effie’. It’s a fantastic thing she’s done for us.”
In her younger years Effie was a balloon girl, a sergeant in the WAAF for five years during the war dealing with barrage balloons all over England.