Has your Muddy-Townie Ratio got muddier over the years? Did you grow up in a city but then venture out to greener pastures? Perhaps you’re a born-and-bred country bod and have a few choice words to say about townie migration? A friend of ours, Jessica, is writing a book about dos and don’ts for townies… Continue reading Are You a Townie Converted?
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Fancy a Ski Trip?
One of our members, a guy called Ed, has bravely taken it upon himself to organise a ski trip for muddy people towards the end of February/beginning of March if anyone is interested. It sounds like a cracking idea – what better way to meet a few new people and have a laugh? You can… Continue reading Fancy a Ski Trip?
Arrow Farm Shop
We popped into hundreds of farm shops on our travels, ranging from lean-to sheds to supermarket-style food emporiums, so we were really pleased to add a proper family-run farm shop visit to our itinerary in the last week of our Marathon. Dinah and Richard Blagg opened Arrow Farm Shop on their farm near Worksop in… Continue reading Arrow Farm Shop
Being Model Fisherwomen in North Yorkshire
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
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