“She helped me rescue a lost calf on our third date!”

The muddy love story of Steve and Anna. Livestock farmer Steve had always been too busy tending to his 230-strong herd to dedicate too much time to dating. But when he joined Muddy Matches in the summer of 2023, he did so in hope of discovering someone who understood his rural way of life. That’s… Continue reading “She helped me rescue a lost calf on our third date!”

Finally, a dating app that isn’t a cattle market.

Introducing the fresh, new Muddy Matches countryside dating app, available now to download for iOS and Android. To download, search ‘Muddy Matches’ in your app store to find us. Androidhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.muddymatches&hl=en_US iOS Applehttps://apps.apple.com/gb/app/muddy-matches/id1621060181 We’ve inspired love in the lambing sheds, first dates straight from the milking parlours, and even encouraged a marriage proposal involving pheasant feeders… Continue reading Finally, a dating app that isn’t a cattle market.

Reindeer herder hopes Muddy Matches can play Cupid

Enjoy this festive look back from when a real life reindeer herder joined Muddy Matches, looking for farmer love. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer at a push? Ask Muddy Matches member Imogen the name of her favourite reindeer, and you get a rather off the wall, and far less festive answer, than you’d expect. “Kevin, Howard or… Continue reading Reindeer herder hopes Muddy Matches can play Cupid

7 ways to give your dating profile a festive wrapping

From talking hand reared turkey to Christmas jumper selfies, spruce up your online dating profile with some feel good festive tips we know work. We find there’s always a little bit of reluctance on the part of online daters to display Christmassy cheer through their dating profiles on whichever app or dating website they choose… Continue reading 7 ways to give your dating profile a festive wrapping

Muddy Matches puts its support behind popular rural podcast

As the original home of countryside dating, Muddy Matches always champion the rural way of life, that both our team, and the hoards of singles who choose to date with us, live and breathe. We celebrate our roots, and after more than 16 years of inspiring rural romance, we are always exploring new ways to… Continue reading Muddy Matches puts its support behind popular rural podcast

What’s your cup of tea?

Do you like it rich and malty? Aromatic and calming? Or simply wet? At Muddy Matches, for once we aren’t asking about your preferences to date family-minded farmers, real country lasses or ‘crazy’ horse girls. Instead, we are talking tea! Why? Because it’s National Tea Day, and quite frankly, we know rural folk love a… Continue reading What’s your cup of tea?

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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.’

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