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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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).<br /><br />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.<br /><br />James said: “The sun was just starting to go down and we were getting this beautiful orange-pink glow to the sky. So I thought I’d have a go at the drone.<br /><br />“We’ve got a cockapoo, and she was messing around with him. And then I asked her if she could come over to me and hold something.<br /><br />“She just walked in front of me and I pressed go on the drone, and it counts down from three seconds, and it was almost like a countdown for me – and I had to do it.”<br /><br />General nurse Amelia said the pair had discussed tying the knot previously but she had no idea James would propose at that moment - adding it was an “easy yes”.<br /><br />She said: “It was quite overwhelming. I think we both shed a tear. He asked me to marry him and it was just lovely. It was just perfect.<br /><br />“We’ve been together for three and half years, so it was an easy yes.”<br /><br />James posted the footage on social media, where users gushed over his incredible camera work and commented that he’d set the bar sky high for future boyfriends.<br /><br />But he said the proposal was simply a reflection of the pair’s passion for the outdoors and joked that dutiful future grooms would top his endeavours.<br /><br />James said “something had aligned” when he bumped into Amelia on a busy A&E ward and they decided to go out for drinks three and half years ago.<br /><br />He later approached his parents and in-laws about his marriage proposal and chose to offer Amelia his late nanna’s diamond engagement ring, which he’d inherited.<br /><br />James said he’d considered popping the question when they went on a road trip to Scotland a few weeks earlier but didn’t feel the time was right until last Monday. <br /><br />The pair, from Chorley, Lancs., who are hoping to summit all 214 Wainwrights peaks in the Lake District had headed up Haystacks, sitting at 2000ft (600m), following good weather.<br /><br />And James went on to ask Amelia to marry him alongside their three-year-old cockapoo, Albus, before the newly betrothed couple headed down in the near dark.<br /><br />They haven't yet set a date for their wedding but are hoping to get married somewhere in the Lake District.
