Muddy Matches blooms as new study reveals common courtesy and manners matter to locked down online daters. Looking for love in the lockdown has brought out the best of British manners with people displaying more patience and politeness as they date from a distance – according to new research by the Online Dating Association (ODA).… Continue reading Muddy Matches blooms as manners matter to locked down daters
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Muddy fans delight as shooting grounds reopen
Pull! Phased reopening of shooting grounds will be welcome news to Muddy Matches members The CPSA – the National Governing Body of Clay Target Shooting in England – have this week confirmed that many of the 350+ clay shooting grounds and CPSA affiliated clubs can re-open across England following the easing of lockdown restrictions for… Continue reading Muddy fans delight as shooting grounds reopen
Muddy Endorsement #1 | Jenny, 43 – from Notts
I found just what I was looking for on Muddy Matches; my soulmate! | Jenny, 43 Jenny, a 43-year-old three-day eventer, living semi rurally in Nottinghamshire, says she would have lost hope of finding love had it not have been for online dating website, Muddy Matches. Now, a decade on after matching, and messaging, with… Continue reading Muddy Endorsement #1 | Jenny, 43 – from Notts
Virtual Date – 360° hot air balloon ride over Northern Ireland
Rise to the occasion on this 360 virtual date full of hot air. Fire up the gas burners, let them roar and get set to drift over the countryside of Northern Ireland in the basket of a hot air balloon. This serene 360° tour is great way to enjoy unparalleled views from 1000’S of feet… Continue reading Virtual Date – 360° hot air balloon ride over Northern Ireland
Could Belper’s ‘cattle cry’ against Covid-19 get any more muddy?
The Derbyshire Dales are alive with the sound of mooing as residents embrace the animal inside during lockdown. The Italians hold impromptu DJ’ing sessions into the early hours from their balconies. The Spanish serenade each other with traditional song from their windows… …and the residents of Belper, Derbyshire, well they make like cows and moo… Continue reading Could Belper’s ‘cattle cry’ against Covid-19 get any more muddy?
Our Muddy Matches Locked Down Ways To Conquer These Famous Five Challenges
In Muddy Isolation, with our daily outdoor activity limited to essential excursions and just one form of exercise a day, you might feel that any planned challenges you’d set yourself for 2020 are now out of your reach. That marathon you’d intended to do? The Three Peaks challenge? Or how about that countryside triathlon you’d… Continue reading Our Muddy Matches Locked Down Ways To Conquer These Famous Five Challenges
“Muddy Matches is a nice distraction from everyday life”
Key worker Kate ‘grateful’ for the normality and companionship she’s unearthed on Muddy Matches during lockdown. “Muddy Matches is a nice distraction from everyday life.” As a key worker working in a primary school, and as a single mum of nine years, Muddy Matches member Kate has certainly got her hands full at present –… Continue reading “Muddy Matches is a nice distraction from everyday life”
A dog’s love in lockdown can avoid us going barking mad
How a dog’s unconditional love and companionship can save you from going barking mad during lockdown (a guest blog extract from In the Country magazine feature: Dogs, Keeping us sane through lockdown) At Muddy Matches, we would certainly consider ourselves very much to be ‘dog’ people. On morning arrival, the sight of the farm’s dog… Continue reading A dog’s love in lockdown can avoid us going barking mad
Cows in Christmas jumpers!
Here at Muddy Matches HQ, we’d genuinely thought we’d seen, and celebrated, the most bizaare sights country living had to offer; from engagement rings hanging off udders to sheep emblazoned with messages of ‘Marry Me?’ But no; a dairy farmer from St Saviour, Jersey has raised the baaaah! after dressing her herd of Jersey cows… Continue reading Cows in Christmas jumpers!
Amy and Jonathan’s (waggy) tale of dog walks and dating
Sometimes a muddy love story doesn’t have to take years in the making. When you know, you just know… right? Well that was certainly the case for Amy, who simply could not wait to tell us about her new man, Jonathan. They met whilst rural dating on Muddy Matches in July 2019 – even though she… Continue reading Amy and Jonathan’s (waggy) tale of dog walks and dating