Whilst in Yorkshire, we were invited down to Raygill Fisheries, in the heart of the Dales just outside Lothersdale, to take a look round and do a spot of fishing. Previously a lime quarry, Bernard Clement bought it in 1987, landscaped the site and began to stock trout. Twenty years later, they have four lakes… Continue reading Being Model Fisherwomen in North Yorkshire
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Training with SARDA: the Search and Rescue Dogs Association
Keen to find out a bit more about the Lake District’s Search and Rescue Dogs Association (SARDA Lakes), we arranged to meet Les Telford, one of the handlers, in a car park in Keswick and follow him to Buttermere, where their weekend training was taking place. A nail-biting journey then ensued as we tried to… Continue reading Training with SARDA: the Search and Rescue Dogs Association
Hanging Out at an Eventer’s Yard
We popped into international event rider Jamie Atkinson’s yard at Langley Park, Durham, to have a look round and meet his groom, Kirsty. Being a groom is not for the feeble and involves long hours and lots of hard physical work. The job consists of the general daily care of the horses in the yard: … Continue reading Hanging Out at an Eventer’s Yard
Dairy Farming in Dorset
When Christina got hold of Dorset dairy farmer, Andy Baggs, to see if he would consider letting us come and help out for the day to find out what dairy farming was all about, he was convinced that it was some kind of radio show wind up. In fact, even when we pulled up in… Continue reading Dairy Farming in Dorset
We’re on the Road!
We will not be adding any posts to this page until we are back from our Muddy Marathon. Fear not, it’s just Emma and Lucy who have hit the road – the rest of the Muddy Matches team are still in the office so if you have any comments, queries, suggestions…or you just want to… Continue reading We’re on the Road!
Our First Cartoon!
We’re a bit excited by our first ever cartoon, which featured in Country Life on 11th October 2007 in a piece about our Muddy Marathon. Click here to read the full story.
Muddy Matches Fishing Week
For those of you who haven’t been with us from the very beginning, here’s a quick Muddy Matches history lesson: We came up with the idea for the site in the pub back in May 2006 and in December 2006 we launched to our friends and friends of friends (and friends of our friends’ friends!). … Continue reading Muddy Matches Fishing Week
Employee of the Month
You may remember that we were interviewing in August to find someone to help out during our Muddy Marathon. Time has flown by since then and we are now very pleased to introduce the lovely Christina, who started working for Muddy Matches yesterday. A Worcestershire lass and fresh out of ag college (was the umbrella… Continue reading Employee of the Month
“The Midland is a Must”
After the devastating cancellation of the CLA Game Fair, we’ll be getting our game fair fix at the Midland Game Fair this year, which is being held on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th September at Weston Park in Shropshire. We haven’t got a stand there as on Saturday we are helping organise the Northamptonshire Young… Continue reading “The Midland is a Must”
Motor Home Madness
This week we have mostly been thinking about motor homes. We wake up thinking of motor homes, we go to sleep thinking of motor homes, we dream of motor homes. It’s sad. We know. For those of you who haven’t heard, the reason behind this motor home frenzy is that we’re off on tour around… Continue reading Motor Home Madness