TWO brothers from Alloa who made a decision to transport essential items to Ukraine were blown away by the generosity shown by the Wee County.

Fraser and Craig McEwan, who have both served in the army, recently returned from a trip to the Ukrainian border where they dropped off two vans full of donations.

Earlier this month, they decided they would make the trip and put up a post on Facebook asking for donations.

A few days later, they were on their way and even had to turn down donations as so many came flooding in.

Fraser, who runs A1 Autos, ended up with a garage full of donations. Four mechanics took a break from their work schedule to help friends and family organise all the donations.

Fraser told the Advertiser: “We’re both ex-army and we seen what’s happening on the news. We thought we’d put a wee thing on Facebook and see if we got any feedback.

“We got that much stuff, we were only meant to go with one van and we had to get two. We got loads of baby stuff, clothes. This was within 48 hours.

“We hired two vans and it took us three and a half days to get there. We drove from Alloa to London and then got the ferry to Calais then drove right through Holland, Germany and Poland to the Ukraine border.

“When we got there, we were asked to go and pick up some prams so we ended up doing a second trip.

“It was a long drive but all for a good cause. One of the vans broke down – it’s still in Germany so we’ll have to go and get that back.”

The brothers were also contacted by Kilbarchan PS in Renfrewshire, who had been collecting items through donations brought in by pupils.

Before setting off on their trip they stopped by the school to pick up as much as they could.

When in London, they met Glen Bullen and Lee McFarland, two of Craig’s friends who joined them on their trip.

To say the brothers were overwhelmed with donations from the people of Clacks would be an understatement.

“It was crazy,” Fraser continued. “I had to put a sign on the door to say I can’t take any more.

“One woman went to Tesco and spent £200. Within two days we had so much we had to knock stuff back.

“Boxes full of baby clothes, brand new knitted jumpers, jackets and baby food.

“It was crazy. I’ve never seen anything like it.”