Beachgoers will know all to well how irritating it can be to have sand stuck between your toes.

But this chivalrous boyfriend made sure his partner had no such discomfort when she put on her shoes.

The doting tourist formed a makeshift bench with his thigh by kneeling in the beach when his partner emerged from paddling in the water on the Thai island of Koh Larn on August 6.

It allowed her to put on her socks and shoes without setting foot on the hot sand and having to endure spending the rest of the day with it stuck between her toes and in her trainers.

One single female who was watching the heartwarming encounter said: 'Somebody find me a man who treats me this well.'

Onlooker Sudarat, who recorded the touching scene, said: 'I've never seen anybody do this before for their girlfriend. It was so sweet, it looked like true love.

'A lot of people wear sandals or flip-flops when they go to the beach but the woman only had her sports shoes, so I can understand why she wanted to keep the sand out of them.

'Her boyfriend was so kind and sweet to help her like that.'

The woman and her lover - who was himself barefooted - walked back over the sand to the shore where they visited a restaurant for lunch on the island in Chonburi province, off the coast of Pattaya, in eastern Thailand.

Sudarat posted the video on her social media account, where 1.4 million people watched it. Many of them were admiring of the man's gentlemanly behavior.