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Article: Jackie could teach Di a bit about dress sense
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 18, 1994
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CLUMPING around in the snow this week, car temporarily disabled,
was enough to convince me that anyone voluntarily venturing out on
the Cairngorms in February for fun must be crackers. Yet it is hard
to suppress feelings of warm admiration for Jacqueline Greaves,
especially now that she is donating the newspaper fees for telling
her story to the rescue services.
A homely school secretary, she has demonstrated far better than
Jane Fonda or the dotty Germaine Greer how dynamic and energetic
middle-aged menopausal women can be - though note how the press
gloated on the fact she is 53 and a grandmother.
But what really won me over was the fact that she ventured out
on her snow expedition ...