Three hillwalkers have been fined by police after they had to be saved from The Cobbler in the Trossachs by a Scottish mountain rescue team.

Volunteers from Arrochar were called out by police at 3:20pm yesterday, after the hikers, who had travelled more than 50 miles from Motherwell, got lost in the mists around the mountain in Argyll.

The Arrochar Mountain Rescue Team managed to find all three of the lost hillwalkers, and led them down the nearly 900m-high mountain to safety.

Three hillwalkers have been fined by police after they had to be saved from The Cobbler in the Trossachs by a Scottish mountain rescue team. (Credit: Arrochar Mountain Rescue).

The trio were met by police at the bottom, who explained the current rules on travel during the lockdown, and fined them for breaking the restrictions.

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Rescue launched in Arrochar after hillwalkers get lost on The Cobbler during lockdown