As a nation marks the reopening of pubs with a pint and pack of pork scratchings, we thought it a suitable opportunity to don our beer goggles and take a look at the Top 10 ‘muddiest’ country pub names out there. We’ve steered clear of The Plough – now the fifth most popular name for… Continue reading Top 10 ‘Muddy’ pub names we stumbled across
Tag: Food and Drink
Say Cheese! Neal’s Yard Dairy member offer
Muddy Matches members can fest on high quality, farmhouse cheese thanks to our latest partner deal offering 10% discount off first online orders with artisan cheesemaker and cheese shop, Neal’s Yard Dairy. Renowned as the nation’s foremost cheese shop, Neal’s Yard Dairy are on a mission to make British and Irish farmhouse cheese outstanding. They… Continue reading Say Cheese! Neal’s Yard Dairy member offer
Community spirit key to country pub revival
Forget automated ordering apps, country pubs deserve to trade on community spirit they have served so well from a distance during lockdown. We read an interesting article at the weekend which queried the logic of re-opening of pubs based upon the use of pre-booking apps and ‘new to market’ automated ordering systems rather than their… Continue reading Community spirit key to country pub revival
Fancy grabbing a coffee?
Ground in due diligence, online daters over 40 favour coffee dates as their ‘go to’ first real life meet Conducted in the ‘good ol days’ of January 2020, recent research has confirmed that ‘grabbing a coffee’ is the go to ‘first real life meet’ for folk over 40 who meet online through dating apps or… Continue reading Fancy grabbing a coffee?
Raise a glass to this member offer from Amps Wine Merchants
Enjoy a full bodied virtual ‘wine tasting’ video date featuring a specially curated case of wine from Amp Wine Merchants Muddy Matches have joined up with Amps Wine Merchants to offer members 2 specially curated cases of 6 quality wines to enjoy whilst dating from a distance during lockdown. Ideal for a virtual wine tasting… Continue reading Raise a glass to this member offer from Amps Wine Merchants
Virtual ‘Cider Tasting’ Date
Enjoy a Virtual ‘Cider Tasting’ video date featuring 6 flavours of Saxby’s Cider (Member offer: 10% OFF + FREE Delivery with code: MUDDYMIXED20) Bored of Zoom quizzes and facetime chats? Here at Muddy Matches, we’ve put a muddy twist on video calls to make lockdown life just a little bit more appetising. Here’s an opportunity… Continue reading Virtual ‘Cider Tasting’ Date
Charity: Victoria Sponge Bake Day
A friend of Muddy Matches tragically lost her 29-year-old daughter, Victoria earlier this year to a rare and aggressive form of cancer. In her memory, and to help fund cutting edge research and create initiatives designed to improve those currently suffering with cancer, Victoria’s family have set up a charity in her name called Victoria’s… Continue reading Charity: Victoria Sponge Bake Day
Spring Foraging in London
Foraging conjures up images of roaming through countryside picking blackberries and elderflower to make sugary treats, so I must admit I was curious when The Caravan Club invited me (MM’s Heather) to Abbey Wood Caravan Club Site in South East London to attend a foraging event. It all made sense though when I got there… Continue reading Spring Foraging in London
Recipes to Impress Your Muddy Date
So, you’ve met someone on Muddy Matches and think it’s about time to invite them round for dinner…but how on earth do you impress a muddy date? Fear not – Mark Gilchrist of Game for Everything has come to our rescue with three simple recipes; so simple in fact that even Lucy (who is no… Continue reading Recipes to Impress Your Muddy Date
Art and Farming
You may remember that right at the beginning of our Marathon (Week 2 to be precise) we visited Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard in East Sussex. While we there we spoke to the owner, Roy Cook, about our trip and he mentioned an artist called Georgina Barney who had zigzagged her way around Great Britain working on… Continue reading Art and Farming