A Perthshire councillor has thanked an inspirational 10-year-old who has been clearing and gritting paths by presenting him with all the equipment needed to do the job.
Primary five pupil Charlie Hay has become a familiar sight on the footpaths of Inchture armed with a shovel and trundling his trolley with a bucket filled with rock salt.
Carse of Gowrie councillor Angus Forbes called the heroic schoolboy the "absolute epitome" of how local residents can work together to help others.
