A pair of friends will attempt a famous road trip on foot in memory of teenagers killed in a Fife road smash.
In July, Jace King, 16, and Colin Hisbent will walk the NC500 tourist route, which is normally done by car.
They hope to raise thousands of pounds in tribute to Ethan King and Connor Aird who were only 17 when they died in a crash on the Standing Stanes road in November 2018.
Jace’s uncle Danny Stevens, who was in the car with them and their driver, was badly hurt in the accident but survived.
They will also be walking in memory of Colin’s friend since childhood Paul Bonner, who died of the hereditary condition Marfan syndrome, aged 44, in January 2014.
Money raised will be donated to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
Colin said: “We are doing the walk in memory of those boys but the money will go the hospital. Everyone will need the hospital or knows some who will and the money will go directly to it.”
The pair, both from Kirkcaldy, work as gamekeepers, with Jace in training with Colin.
Colin has previously completed a 120-mile walk from Glencoe to Kirkcaldy and later walked alongside the River Tay between Ben Lui and Scone Palace, raising money for charity both times.
They hope to complete their ambitious venture in 40 days, carrying their gear and camping wild along the way.
Colin said: “It will be challenging, it will be the hardest thing I have ever done. We will be walking more than a half marathon every day.”
Jace said his uncle was treated in hospital in Edinburgh after the collision which killed his friends.
He said: “This will be a way of giving something back.
“It will be challenging but I’m looking forward to it.”
The NC500 route starts in Inverness and goes along the west coast to Applecross, north towards Torridon and Ullapool, then passes Caithness and John o’Groats before heading south again through Dingwall back to Inverness.
Jace has set up a Just Giving page to collect donations for the fundraiser.
