For many, the last year has felt somewhat like climbing a mountain, but Otis and Xander of the FGR Academy have taken this rather more literally.

The twins, aged 8, have stepped up to their school's challenge to walk, run or cycle as much elevation as they possibly can, with students aiming to reach the tops of Ben Nevis, Mount Fuji and then Mount Everest.

As seems to be the way at Forest Green Rovers, things aren't done in half measures.

The boys decided to try and reach the top of Everest (8849m), meaning they have to, on average, climb 258m a day - the equivalent of climbing Mount Snowdon two and a half times a week for eight weeks.

"We thought it would be a good idea to try and raise some funds for computer equipment at our school, as we don't have enough laptops or iPads for the whole class (and the laptops are very old running Windows from 2009)," explained the pair.

"During lockdown our school and teachers put in an amazing effort to quickly and brilliantly switch to home learning.

"We felt connected to the school and each other and we managed to have a lot of fun including whole school live activity breaks every day, assemblies, live learning and they even arranged for us to have group social chats with our friends."

The boys, who have been with the pre-academy for over two years, have just one day of their mammoth challenge to go.

You can cheer them on to the summit by visiting their Total Giving page.