We meet Manette, the 102 year old who has become the Britain's oldest skydiver. Also: as the Paralympics get underway, we hear the stories of inspiring athletes including USA swimmer, Ali Truwit, who was attacked by a shark. Presenter: Rachel Wright. Music composed by Iona Hampson.
This is the happy pod from the BBC World Service.
I'm Rachel Wright, and in this edition.
I was called as a cucumber sitting between his knees in the face of a plane.
But it's a bit different when you come out the plane.
We meet the woman who's over 100 but still jumped out of a plane for charity.
I relied on 15 years of competitive swimming to give me any advantage in a situation where I had none.
The Paralympian who got back in the water after being attacked by a shark and a modern composer takes up a historic position within the british monarchy.
What drives me is an unquenchable love of music and the thirst for knowledge, for music.
We start here in the UK, where Manette Bailey became the nation's oldest skydiver at the age of 102 years young.
Manette did the dive to raise money for three charities, whilst also attempting to break records.
Nabiha Ahmed caught up with Manette and started by asking her what it felt like to jump out of the plane.
As you fall out the plane, the shock of the cold and the wind, and you don't know in what position you're in.
I thought I was sort of horizontal all the time and then I thought, no, I couldn't have been, because I started twisting around and I'm afraid I was too cowardly to open my eyes straight away.
They would give me a double shock.
So I kept my eyes closed until I got kind of used to it.
And you are traveling at 130 miles now, so if you're not keen on speed, it's not a sport for you.
I was reading about what your tandem for the skydive said and he said you were cool as a cucumber.
I was cool as a cucumber sitting between his knees in the face of a plane.
But it's a bit different when you come out the plane, or you can say, I was cool as a cucumber when I landed gently on the ground, and that was perfect and I did feel perfectly calm.
I thought, now get up.