A GRANDMOTHER aged 87 is due to jump out of a plane at 15,000ft this weekend. Norah Smith will be travelling to Perranporth airfield on Cornwall's north coast to do a tandem skydive. 'The doctor didn't seem to mind – and when the parachute club instructor saw me and how fit I am, he was happy,' said Norah who puts her good health down to working outdoors on the family beef farm at St Erney, near Landrake. 'You have to keep going on a farm,' she said. 'I help my son every day, especially when the animals are in.' Norah and her husband Arnold had been married for almost 60 years when he passed away with cancer four years ago. With Arnold in mind, Norah decided to join in the skydive for Children's Hospice South West (CHSW). Behind the charity challenge is Norah's neighbour and friend Penny Maddever. Penny signed up for the skydive with two of her colleagues at Plymouth's HSBC bank, after hearing a presentation on the work of CHSW with life-limited children. 'I approached Norah for some sponsor money – and she blew me away by saying she'd do the skydive too,' said Penny, 48. Penny and her colleagues Jane Helyer, from Torpoint, and Sue Apps, of Plymstock, will see their fundraising matched by HSBC – and when the bank found out about Norah's pledge to do the skydive, they offered to match her fundraising too, up to £500. 'Everyone has been phenomenal – the local businesses and everybody in Landrake have been tremendous in supporting us,' said Penny.