Did you know that, during the first national lockdown, over 60,000 couples across the UK took the decision to get engaged? All that despite limited opportunity for overly romantic gestures or the chance to put plans into immediate action. It’s a little known stat that somewhat flies in the face of doom and gloom predictions… Continue reading Lockdown brought us closer, quicker… now we’re engaged
Tag: lockdown love
‘Slow burn’ dating helped our relationship fully bloom!
A country couple believe the slower pace of dating during lockdowns has benefited their new relationship for the long run– and they spent it all 250 miles apart. Suffolk based Sean matched with Lancastrian Ruth whilst country-life dating on Muddy Matches in January 2021, right when the dating scene was anything but normal. Virtual dating… Continue reading ‘Slow burn’ dating helped our relationship fully bloom!
Long distance love blooms online for Ruth and Sean
A nine-hour road trip for relationship has seen mud lover Sean plan to upsticks from Suffolk to be with this muddy match on the moors in Lancashire. When it comes to muddy love, the ‘perfectly matched’ Ruth and Sean, who met online whilst country-life dating, are roots and all. “We are a couple of self-confessed… Continue reading Long distance love blooms online for Ruth and Sean
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
7 muddy secrets that let rural romance bloom in the New Year
2021 has been a year in which making meaningful muddy connections has bloomed. Here, mud inspired couples reveal their top tips after meeting on Muddy Matches. At Muddy Matches, we have seen many thousands of new matches and new relationships bloom into countryside engagements, lockdown weddings, the pitter patter of tiny wellies and life changing… Continue reading 7 muddy secrets that let rural romance bloom in the New Year
Vaccination status: the dating profile do’s and dont’s
How sharing your vaccination status on your dating profile could be a timely tonic or a dealbreaker on the roadmap to a life less locked down The mere mention of vaccination passports splits public opinion; but it appears, for an ever-growing volume of online daters, the vaccination status of those they match with could… Continue reading Vaccination status: the dating profile do’s and dont’s
Alice’s adventures in mud-derland with farmer Tom
I love ewe! Alice and Tom celebrate 10 years of muddy love and family life together on their sheep farm in the South West. For Somerset-born and bred country girl Alice, online dating with country life dating experts, Muddy Matches was to present a well timed, new opportunity in life during the summer of 2011.… Continue reading Alice’s adventures in mud-derland with farmer Tom
Thirsk farmer’s daughter goes the extra mile for charity
Muddy Matched Helen aims to complete 100k charity challenge before the extra legwork of lambing begins A mud-loving farmer’s daughter from Thirsk in North Yorkshire, who met her gamekeeping husband whilst online dating with Muddy Matches nearly a decade ago, has taken on a marathon mission this month, all in the name of charity. Helen… Continue reading Thirsk farmer’s daughter goes the extra mile for charity
Female daters reluctant to swap virtual back to reality
New research reveals a strong female dater desire to keep post-lockdown dates virtual, whilst men are eager to get back to old ways New, independent research exploring likely, future dating habits, and what a post-pandemic dating scene could look like, has revealed that women are 88% more likely than men to continue to favour virtual… Continue reading Female daters reluctant to swap virtual back to reality
Muddy Matches ‘restored my faith’ in finding love.
Quick, professional and, most of all, safe; Former young farmer salutes Muddy Matches for inspiring farmer love in a lockdown A 90% muddy, horse-loving, former young farmer from Somerset says her online dating experience with Muddy Matches has ‘exceeded all expectations’ and even ‘restored her faith’ in people whilst looking for love in the lockdown,… Continue reading Muddy Matches ‘restored my faith’ in finding love.