Ex-RAF flight sergeant still has ‘drive’ to scale peaks with granddaughter at 87

A former RAF flight sergeant and grandfather-of-11 has been scaling mountains with his granddaughter after not losing “the drive” to climb and because he would “hate to be watching Coronation Street” instead.

Fred Ward, 87, said he finds the act “exhilarating” and has been climbing the Wainwright mountains in the Lake District with his granddaughter, Kathryn Mulville, 37.