A WEYMOUTH schoolboy is planning his next charity climb just days after conquering a Scottish mountain.

Wyke Regis schoolboy Reid Hutchinson raised £930 during the three-and-a-half mile climb with his parents Claire and James.

The wannabe Royal Marine climbed Scotland’s Ben Lomond for the charity Help for Heroes.

It took the Hutchinson family six hours to reach the summit and four hours to descend the 974 metres (3,196ft) high mountain.

Now the eight-year-old is planning to hike up and down Mount Snowdon to raise money for diabetes charities because his girlfriend suffers from the disease. Reid said he did not find the climb too difficult after training for the challenge by carrying a back pack laden with water across Chesil Beach.

He said: “It was kind of what I expected. The climb down was quite a bit easier, I ran down most of it but there were steep rocks.”

He added: “I’m going to climb a different mountain next. I think it will be Snowdon because there’s a train for mum, but me and dad are going to climb it. I might do it for a different charity. My girlfriend has diabetes so I might do it for that.”

The Hutchinson family met five members of the Royal Corps of Signals during the climb.

The soldiers were so impressed by Reid’s courage they sponsored and thanked him for doing the challenge.

But Mrs Hutchinson was not so impressed with the climb after the tough challenge brought her to tears.

She said: “It was hell for me but Reid loved it. I thought it was harsh and tougher than I thought.

“I imagined something like the Sound of Music but in reality it was very rocky and very, very hard.

“It seemed we saw all seasons that day with hot sunshine, hail, rain and high winds; near the top it was really cold. I was glad to get back to base, I was in tears at one point.”

Reid has done previous fundraising events for leukaemia charities but chose Help for Heroes after following the progress of its medical rehabilitation centre for soldiers at Headley Court on his computer.

Reid also raised funds for the charity during a Help for Heroes ceilidh near Mr Hutchison’s home town of Stirling, Scotland.