By Graham Smith PUBLISHED: 06:12 EST, 20 June 2012 | UPDATED: 08:30 EST, 20 June 2012 Travelling down a rural canal, the last thing you would expect to see is a Reliant Robin perched halfway up a tree. But that is exactly the bizarre sight that is greeting passers-by on the Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal in Preston Bagot, Warwickshire. After their initial shock, most shrug it off as a work of modern art. But it was only placed there thanks to a spur-of-the-moment decision by a car enthusiast who owns the land the royal oak tree is on. Bizarre sight: A Reliant Robin sits on branches halfway up a royal oak next to the Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal in Preston Bagot, Warwickshire
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Bizarre sight greets passers-by on the Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal in Preston Bagot, Warwickshire
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Gregan Thompson, who owns the land the tree is on, made a spur-of-the-moment decision to place the car up the royal oak
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