Corny romantic 'pops' the question

A corny romantic pulled out all the stops to impress his sci-fi loving girlfriend — by proposing 200 feet above a message carved out in a field.

Varun Bhanot, 28, told his girlfriend Anisha Seth, 28, they would be going up in a helicopter to celebrate his birthday — but instead had a surprise planned.

Anisha, who loves all things sci-fi and space-related, got into the helicopter expecting they would fly over the Cheshire countryside, near the Jodrell Bank Observatory.

The accountant had no idea there was an important message for her in a cornfield.

Keeping his carving short and opting to lose the traditional "will you" on the question, Mr Bhanot blew his wife-to-be away with his proposal on Aug 3.

Bhanot had spent nearly three months calling farmers asking to make a crop circle on their land and eventually found someone willing.