Torphins woman Carolyn May, who was diagnosed with MS in 2005, raised £2,800 for the Multiple Sclerosis Trust by completing the 10,000 feet jump.

Carolyn, a part time community support worker for the Pheonix Service in Deeside, described the experience as "amazing".

She said: "It was brilliant and a whole mixture of different experiences in such a short space of time. In total, it was about thirty seconds of freefalling and four minutes in the parachute.

"Sitting in the plane before the jump wasn't very pleasant because the door has to be kept open and you were breathing in all the engine fumes. It was a bit like being stuck in a car behind a diesel lorry.

"However the views once we got up into the sky were simply breathtaking and the tumble out of the plane felt like being in a roller coaster.

"Coming through the clouds was amazing and once you got through the clouds you could start seeing the incredible views. You think you can see for miles when you are at the top of a hill but the view when you are thousands of feet up in the air is incredible."

Carolyn had originally set her fundraising target at £1,800 because with £1,765 the MS Trust can pay for an MS specialist nurse to attend the Trust's week long development module course.

The 45-year-old said she is thrilled to have exceeded her original aim by £1,000.

She added: "I'm delighted to have raised so much because that amount would cover the cost of training a specialist nurse with some left over, although I have been told that the money will go to whatever is priority at the time.

"Apparently I have raised the biggest amount for the charity from a jump this year, which is a great feeling."

Carolyn, who had the skydive filmed, added: "It really was a once in a lifetime experience. I can't thank everyone who helped me enough, especially the people who sponsored me and the shops that handed out sponsor forms on my behalf."

Carolyn May who completed a tandem skydive to raise money for the MS Trust.