Farmer enlists help of cow for proposal

A farmer has told how his cow helped him propose to his now bride-to-be.

Chris Gospel of Strichen, Aberdeenshire, got down on one knee in a field to ask for Eilidh Fraser’s hand in marriage.

But the 30-year-old did not need to pop the question, as he enlisted the help of Curlytop the cow by writing “will you marry me?” on the animal’s body.

Mr Gospel said: “The writing was on the side and as we were walking up she was facing us. Eilidh could see something written on the side but not what it was. Curlytop came up to us and then turned.”