Side by side or over and under?Spaniels or retrievers? When South Yorkshire single Julia met Geoff whilst country life dating in March 2020, she littered the messages with questions designed to unearth more about her ‘perfect match’. It worked; now the country couple are engaged to get married, after Geoff posed a question of his… Continue reading “We knew on date 2 we’d both found ‘the one’”
Author: Andrew Mitchell
“We cut our wedding cake with a chainsaw”
Heard the one about the agricultural couple who cut their wedding cake with a chainsaw and wore matching blue wellies for the ceremony? No joke. When tree surgeon Martin married farmer’s daughter Hannah in 2016, the muddy matches couple took an unconventional route to giving their guests a slice of the unexpected. It was certainly… Continue reading “We cut our wedding cake with a chainsaw”
Something scrambled brings something new for Beck
How do you like your eggs in the morning? Muddy matched, mud lover Beck likes hers with a 💍 ring! For shepherdess-turned-animal therapist Beck a simple breakfast of farm fresh scrambled egg would turn out to be life changing. Her then muddy matched herdsman boyfriend Gary had big plans cooking. “He’d hidden an engagement ring… Continue reading Something scrambled brings something new for Beck
International mud lovers plan big life change together
An international mud lover’s hopes of being reunited with her muddy matched dairy farming British boyfriend in Staffordshire have been dashed; first by work, then COVID and now Brexit. And the new plan of action, to allow the countryside connection to fully bloom, is a life changing one for a farmer entrenched in the British… Continue reading International mud lovers plan big life change together
How Minnie Driver led to a mud-inspired marriage
Mud lovers Simon and Kate set to take centre stage for a summer wedding as the next chapter in the story of their lives. ‘Minnie Driver!‘It isn’t the muddiest of replies to an opening messaging exchange received whilst country life dating on Muddy Matches – but it has led all the way to a rural… Continue reading How Minnie Driver led to a mud-inspired marriage
Displaying empathy is at heart of muddy dating
“I couldn’t have him put off by seeing pheasants hung by the door. It just wouldn’t have been fair on him to throw him into something so unfamiliar.” Displaying empathy is even more important whilst country-life dating; from knowing never to ask a farmer for a break away during harvest or lambing season to appreciating… Continue reading Displaying empathy is at heart of muddy dating
“Quantity does not mean great quality” when dating
A ‘born and bred’ West Country mud lover has heaped praise on Muddy Matches as her online dating site of choice, insisting ‘quality is better than quantity.’ After a few years working overseas, 31-year-old Pip said she went on the hunt for a UK dating site that was more focused on her areas of interests.… Continue reading “Quantity does not mean great quality” when dating
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Shared smallholding dream matches Philippa & Jack
“My Muddy Match and I have already worked out what breed of pig we’d want on our ‘dream’ smallholding together.” A mud loving couple of wannabe smallholders, connected by a ‘shared dream’ of a far muddier lifestyle, are making moves for a life together after meeting on Muddy Matches. Philippa, from South London, met Surrey-based… Continue reading Shared smallholding dream matches Philippa & Jack
Flick & Ben marry after pheasant feeder proposal
My gamekeeping muddy match hid champagne in a pheasant feeder, then proposed when I found it! A animal behaviour expert from Crewe has married her gamekeeper of a muddy match three years after meeting online whilst country-life dating – and after the muddiest of proposals. 90% muddy Ben caught the roving eye of zoologist Flick… Continue reading Flick & Ben marry after pheasant feeder proposal