Reuben Owen professed his affection for girlfriend Jessica Ellwood in a tender moment during the latest instalment of Life in the Dales.
The Channel 5 programme chronicles the young farmer navigating the successes and challenges of his enterprise on a 2,000-acre family farm in Swaledale, North Yorkshire.
He mastered the profession from his parents, Clive and Amanda Owen, and gained prominence alongside them and his siblings in Our Yorkshire Farm.
Reuben and Jessica now appear in their own series, which features her assisting with his machinery enterprise.
During Tuesday’s (May 26) instalment, Jess plotted out holes for grout in the earth, illustrating the designs with red spray, reports the Express.
View 3 ImagesLife in the Dales has returned for a new series(Image: 5)
As she and co-star Sonny Poulter transformed some of their markers into farm animals, she also designated other drill holes as hearts.
When Reuben noticed them, enquiring about their subsequent steps for drilling, she informed him: “This is for you.”
Reuben responded: “Aw, I love you too,” as they tenderly exchanged a kiss, prompting Sonny to jokingly gag in mock revulsion.
Reuben and Jessica, who is also a farmer and works on her parents’ Brough Castle farm, got together in October 2024, and have since shared some loved-up posts on social media.
They met at a young farmers’ convention, with Jessica later sharing on the show: “Ever since we first met, we just clicked. I think it’s because I’m from a farming background, so’s Reuben.”
She added: “I just love him to bits. Love his family, get on great with them.”
View 3 ImagesReuben declares his love for Jessica in Tuesday’s Life in the Dales(Image: 5)
Reuben meanwhile told OK magazine: “It took me a while to ask her out, I wasn’t that brave but I just asked her one night, we went out for some tea one night and I’d lost my wallet and she had to pay for my dinner!”
In a previous interview with The Mirror, Reuben shared how his family reacted to Jessica, saying: “Mum and Jess get on well, they talk about sheep together, they all approve and they all get along really well.”
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The couple are also planning on moving in together soon, as he added: “We’re just waiting for something to come up. I’ve got to try and get a nice place, get a bit of a farm somewhere one day.
“It would be ideal to have a farm where I can park my diggers and she can have her sheep and cows.”
Reuben Owen: Life in the Dales airs Tuesdays at 8pm on 5