The ten-year-old running up a hill with a sack of potatoes to raise money for coronavirus patients

Many of us will use our lockdown exercise to jog in the park or walk the dog around the block, but a Rhondda schoolboy has gone one step further.

This week, ten-year-old Corey Williams has used his time off school to set himself the challenge of tackling three Rhondda mountains.

The first challenge for the Ton Pentre Junior School pupil was to run the 1.3km up Penrhys hill. It is a tough challenge for anyone - with a gradient of between 9.1% -23%

But rugby-mad Corey made it even tougher - by carrying a bag of potatoes with him.

"I've learnt one thing, anything is achievable and anything is possible in your life" said Corey after the exhausting climb.

He has received messages of support throughout his challenge, including from Wales' Rob Evans.

In a message, "I just wanted to say keep going with the training pal - I've heard you've been training really hard and keep going because the more work, the easier it's going to get to get into that Treorchy Rhondda side pal. You keep going boss and I wish you all the best."

Anyone who's driven the Rhigos mountain from Hirwain to Treherbert will be familiar with the long road with twists, turns and steep hills - and that was Corey's second challenge.

"I thought he was going to give up" said his dad Mathew Williams. "But he didn't. He just kept going. He's like a machine"

Cory's final challenge comes on Friday when he jumps on his bike to tackle the Bwlch mountain.

Corey's aim is to raise as much money as he can for local hospitals. His fundraising page show he has already passed £2,000.

Corey said he is thankful for all the support as he faces his final challenge, "It's unreal, I can't believe it" he said.

He wants the money to be used to buy tablet computers for coronavirus patients as a way of keeping in touch with their families.