Schoolboy Jonathan Hames can be proud of himself after scaling the highest mountains in England, Wales and Scotland within the space of four months.

It is quite a feat for anyone to achieve, but it is all the more remarkable for Jonathan who only celebrated his 10th birthday on August 5.

Jonathan, a pupil at Charles Kingsley’s Primary School in Eversley, started his mountainous challenges with Snowdon in April. He was raising money for repair work at St Mary’s Church in Eversley.

Next, intrepid Jonathan and his father, Phil Hames, scaled Cumbria’s Scafell Pike in July, and last but not least, Ben Nevis in Scotland was conquered on August 2.

The climbs were not for the faint-hearted, admitted Mr Hames.

“The weather can be quite atrocious," he said.

“On Snowdon the snow was above our knees, with some drifts above our heads.

“On Scafell Pike it rained solidly for the seven-and-a-half hours we were climbing and Ben Nevis was very misty and bitterly cold on top.

“They were all hard work and exhausting climbs. Snowdon took six hours, Scafell Pike seven-and-a-half and Ben Nevis eight-and-a-quarter.”

Jonathan trained continuously this year, including walking 23 miles on the Blackwater Valley Walk, for which he received a certificate for being the youngest person to complete the route.

Jonathan is now taking a break from climbing mountains, but is already targeting the Hadrian’s Wall Path National Trail next year.

Should he follow this idea through, Jonathan will begin his journey in Newcastle and end it 84 miles later on the border with Scotland at Solway Firth.