A NORTH Yorkshire woman tackled the London Marathon dressed as a fairy to raise money for a deaf children's charity.
Serena John, from near Harrogate, conquered the London Marathon dressed up as a purple fairy in support of the National Deaf Children’s Society on Sunday October 2.
Serena finished the marathon in a time of six hours, eight minutes - and she has raised £2,500 to date for the charity, which supports 50,000 deaf children and their families.
Serena, 44, said: "I did this for my amazing, brave, clever, funny, five-year-old niece, Esme. I was dressed up as purple fairy because Esme loves fairies.
"Esme and her mummy and daddy have had so much help from the National Deaf Children’s Society that I wanted to try and raise as a much money as possible, as a thank you."
Serena lives in Burton Leonard near Harrogate with husband Mark and their son, Arlo, 7.
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