Children at a Keighley primary school are to conquer a dream following a classroom talk about mountains.

Charlie Bhowmick had been invited to St Andrew's School to give a slide show about some of the world's premier peaks.

And after learning that most of the children had never even seen a mountain, he set to work to raise the funds to remedy the situation.

Now around 60 Year Six pupils are to visit one of England's most spectacular mountainous regions, the Lake District.

And the July 8 trip -- to the Windermere area -- is to be captured on video for the rest of the school and parents.

Mr Bhowmick said: "I was invited to the school to give a talk about mountains as part of the children's geography work.

"I showed them various slides of mountains in Canada, Nepal and Austria I had been to and told them all about it.

"A lot of them were sad that they had never seen such mountains and wanted to climb some.

"The stumbling block was organising the cost of a trip to the Lake District so we got local people involved.

"Local businesses contributed and we got about £500, after a huge contribution from Keighley Shared Church. The Rev Peter Mott from the church really helped us out," he added.

Mr Bhowmick said: "We should give opportunities to our children, and encourage and support them to learn as much as they can at this tender age so that they become successful in their lives and become good citizens in Keighley."

Year Six teacher Shirley Davids said the pupils were delighted and eagerly awaiting the trip.

She added: "The kindness of people has been tremendous. We are very grateful to Charlie, to the church and everyone who has contributed. A lot of the children have not had the joy of seeing hills and lakes and they can't wait for the trip."

During the outing the pupils will visit the Orrest Head viewpoint and their experiences will be filmed by Alwyn Pickles and Tom Miller, from Keighley Men's Forum.

Head girl Saba Nadeem said: "It links in with our geography work. A lot of us wouldn't have the chance to do this without school and we all can't wait to go."