A boyfriend has pulled off the “ultimate proposal” by popping the question atop a mountain while capturing his girlfriend’s reaction on a drone camera.

James Cole, 39, climbed Haystacks peak, in the Lake District, with Amelia Harrison, 27, before taking out his late nana’s engagement ring and asking her to marry him.

But incredibly, the amateur photographer also set his aerial drone camera in motion at just the right moment to film the romantic scene as it unfolded at sunset.

NHS mental health nurse manager James said he'd been carrying the ring around “for ages” and hadn't planned to get down on one knee last Monday (March 27).

However, when the avid hikers summitted the ridge during the late evening with their dog Albus, he decided it was now or never before going on to pop the question.