FIVE Wee County men "Broke The Law" recently in in aid of Alloa Rotary Club's two chosen charities.

Rotarian Scott Doyle and his four team-mates Graham McGirr, Iain Pryde, Ramsay Blair and Dougie Johnson completed the feat on Saturday, June 5.

The Law they "broke" is the steep and rocky hill rising at the head of Tillicoultry Glen to its 638m summit in the Ochils.

Not content with conquering the summit once, the men climbed it five times in succession.

The challenge they set themselves was to climb 3,485m, the equivalent height of the trek from Everest Base Camp (5,364m) to the summit of the world's highest peak (8,849m).

Achieving the remarkable feat in less than 10 hours, the sponsorship they raised for Alloa Rotary's two chosen event charities stands at £4,500 and climbing.

Scott said: "We were raising funds for two hugely effective charities: one local, Ochils Mountain Rescue, and one international, Global Sight Solutions.

"Both are causes supported by the Rotary Club of Alloa. This has been a really difficult year for the club, with most fundraising activities being curtailed by the pandemic.

"Usually at this time of the year, we get lots of local groups involved in raising their own funds via the Rotary Nebit Walk and the Look Aboot Ye Challenge – but neither is possible this year – so we decided to 'Break The Law' instead."

Due to Covid-19 restrictions "Breaking The Law" was not an event open to the public but visitors passed by the base camp throughout the day.

Jason Frew of the Exotic Planet Pet Store in Tilly's Sterling Mills sponsored the Rotary comfort station for the guys as they returned each time to base camp across the day.

Ross MacIntyre, OMRT secretary, said: "Ochils MRT are very grateful for the continued support of the Rotary Club of Alloa.

"We have missed supporting their sponsored walk due to the pandemic and would like to say a huge thank you to the Breaking the Law team for their efforts on the day.

"A very tough challenge and a huge amount of effort in organising and fundraising. Well done."

The overseas charity to benefit from "Breaking the Law" is Global Sight Solutions and the Alloa club are spearheading the drive for the district to support the building of a Rotary eye hospital in Bihar State, India.

Alloa Rotarian Alun Morgan, who is leading on this effort, said: "We want to use our international Rotary links to help this amazing cause where a modest donation can achieve so much.

"Specifically, we are looking forward to showing folks in Clackmannanshire photographs of our Rotary-funded eye hospital in Bihar State, and Scott and his team are making a big contribution to making this dream a reality."

The fundraising link is currently still open. Visit tinyurl.com/25f4ap4z to donate.