A farmer from Wellington proposed by ploughing the words ’will you marry me?’ into a field – and flying his girlfriend over the top in a hot air balloon.

Romantic Sam Tucker, 24, cultivated the words into the ground at his dairy farm.

He then hired a balloon and flew girlfriend of two years Megan Wilkins, 23, over the countryside before dropping to one knee - and luckily she said ‘yes’.

Sam said: ’’I actually proposed in the balloon, I got down on one knee up there.

"It was a beautiful day, too, which was lucky. October isn’t the best month for British weather to do it, but it was a really perfect morning.

"I don’t know what specifically inspired me to do it, I must have seen it somewhere, but I’ve had the idea in my head for years, so it’s been a long time coming.

"I think we’re planning on having at least the reception in a field. Megan isn’t from a farming background but she loves it now.’’

Sam was helped by Bailey Balloons, a hot air balloon company based in Bristol.