'We just work together really well'

As series two of his reality show ends, Reuben Owen shares why he and girlfriend Jessica Ellwood make a great team

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hey’re only 21 but Reuben Owen and his girlfriend Jessica Ellwood are on the path to becoming one of telly’s new power couples after thrilling fans with their sweet relationship.

This week brings the series two finale of Reuben Owen: Life In The Dales, which has charted Reuben’s fledgling relationship with new girlfriend Jessica, a Yorkshire shepherdess who has more than a little in common with his famous mum Amanda.

“Mum and Jess get on well, they talk about sheep together,” Reuben reveals. “They all approve and they all get along really well.”

Fans of the show have taken Jessica to heart after watching her help Reuben fix potholes and quarry stone, in return for his help catching wayward ewes and bottle feeding lambs.

But their 10-month romance almost never got off the ground with Reuben losing his wallet the day before their first date after having agonised about asking Jessica out.

“It took me a while to ask her out, I wasn’t that brave but I just asked her one night,” Reuben shares. “We went out for some tea one night and I'd lost my wallet and she had to pay for my dinner!”