Flocking to the Royal Highland Show?

There’s no pulling the wool over our eyes with this!A delightfully colourful collection of designer sheep sculptures will tour across Scotland this Spring – and people are flocking to see them. The trail of 35 arty decorated sheep is promoting the return of the Golden Shears World Sheep Shearing and Wool Handling Championships to the… Continue reading Flocking to the Royal Highland Show?

‘Perfect for singles over 50, who love the rural lifestyle.’

Another day, and another shortlisting in a ‘best dating websites and apps’ magazine feature for Muddy Matches. This time, it’s thanks to the Health and Wellbeing team at Woman&Home Magazine, who have independently chosen Muddy Matches as a dating site to highly recommend in 2023. Woman&Home have selected rural dating with us in their ‘curated… Continue reading ‘Perfect for singles over 50, who love the rural lifestyle.’

From soulmate to squeeze: terms of affection RANKED

Who are you hoping to unearth whilst countryside dating on Muddy Matches? This dating blog explores the little pet names given to the actual person mud lovers are seeking. You know the kind of thing; your soulmate, or squeeze through to those that are slightly more left of centre. This week, we noticed one single… Continue reading From soulmate to squeeze: terms of affection RANKED

Muddy dating is ‘crème de la crème’ in the world of Glamour

The muddy month of March has seen plenty of interest in countryside dating coming to us from an unlikely source, in Glamour magazine. It’s certainly not the usual type of magazine Muddy Matches typically attracts singles, and website enquiries, from (think more Farmers Weekly and Countryside Magazine). Our idea of Glamour tends to include not… Continue reading Muddy dating is ‘crème de la crème’ in the world of Glamour

How a Massey a’tractor’ed Russel to muddy match Susan

‘I’m curious if you can drive that Massey? That will be very useful for a farmer.” When third generation farmer Russel caught sight of his muddy match standing by agricultural machinery in her profile photos, he reached out with the muddiest of opening messages. As chat up lines go, talking tractors is right up there.… Continue reading How a Massey a’tractor’ed Russel to muddy match Susan

How a pre-date can qualify the chemistry

So, you have mutually matched with someone that appears to tick all the right boxes, whilst online dating on Muddy Matches. You have been messaging one another and discover there is plenty of common ground to connect over. So what next? Well, the next stage is meeting up, and seeing how things feel in real… Continue reading How a pre-date can qualify the chemistry

How a breakfast date led to a muddy baby

A 70% muddy Suffolk single says she had been ‘walking around in circles’ looking for love, before stumbling across Muddy Matches where she discovered exactly she was went ‘walking’ for. Jade, who described her favourite part of the day as ‘getting up early to walk out in the fields with her dog’, started countryside dating… Continue reading How a breakfast date led to a muddy baby

10 well trodden rural dating profile lines that get overused

Many dating apps and online dating websites will try tell you that the words you choose to write on your dating profile don’t matter; keep it generic to encourage other singles to message you to find out more. They say photos do the hard graft and all the heavy lifting. However, that’s not quite how… Continue reading 10 well trodden rural dating profile lines that get overused

Horse lovers find Muddy Matches good-to-firm for dating

The Muddy Matches team recently heard from an Irish racehorse trainer who had met his Muddy Match online, and wanted to give us the lowdown on how things were going. It got us thinking. The Cheltenham Festival and Gold Cup week has caught the imagination of the British public this week, and the coverage of… Continue reading Horse lovers find Muddy Matches good-to-firm for dating

Muddy Matches is ‘a win in the murky world of online dating’

Today, the Muddy Matches team have been reflecting back on when we welcomed Oxfordshire singleton, and Daily Mail Online lifestyle journo, Lucy onto Muddy Matches in pursuit of her muddy match. “A man who knows his cobnuts from his chestnuts (and which trees they grow on)” – that was her request. Lucy approached us as… Continue reading Muddy Matches is ‘a win in the murky world of online dating’