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?

“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”

From catfish to Chris; Claire’s tale of the unexpected

Authenticity starts in the heart. With the new series of The Circle airing on Channel 4, featuring Muddy Matches member Farmer Sy, the hot topic of catfishing has raised its ‘you can never be quite sure who’ head again. Here at Muddy Matches HQ, we take great pride and great care in protecting our country-loving… Continue reading From catfish to Chris; Claire’s tale of the unexpected

A long distance love story!

Andrea’s long distance love story! Ah, long distance relationships! Don’t you just love them. General wisdom will have it that location, location, location is king when it comes to online dating. But then ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’ we are told! Well here at Muddy Matches, distance is never a decision maker. Just ask… Continue reading A long distance love story!

January success stories: Boots, bovine and a baby

Here at Muddy Matches we’re proud to be responsible for thousands of relationships, marriages and babies over the last 10+ years. But perhaps the ultimate honour was bestowed upon us this month… A boot rack dedicated to Muddy Matches in tribute to our match-making skills. Honestly, it brought a tear to our collective eye. Boot… Continue reading January success stories: Boots, bovine and a baby

December success stories: Baby makes three

‘Twas the season to be jolly. ‘Tis now the season to look back at some of the fantastic success stories we received in December, including a Muddy baby that we created! Well, sort of. Not physically, obviously. We made it all possible, is what we’re trying to say. We had no further participation beyond that.… Continue reading December success stories: Baby makes three

October success stories: FANG-tastic dates

Tenuous Halloween / dating joke for you: Why didn’t the skeleton go to the Halloween party? Because he had no-body to go with. Ba-dum-tish. October delivered another wave of success stories from Muddy Matches members getting up to mischief with other country-minded singles. Here’s just a few examples from this month’s Inbox… We got married… Continue reading October success stories: FANG-tastic dates

If it wasn’t for MM we would have never met…

“Hi Just thought I would drop you a line, to say thank you. I sent an message via MM back in October and we had our first date on 17th Oct, at which point we both fell pretty hard for each other. And discovered that we are soul mates. We have now moved in together… Continue reading If it wasn’t for MM we would have never met…

We are getting married this year…

“I can’t thank you enough for finding my perfect match!! If I hadn’t used your website my life wouldn’t have ever changed!! Simon was my first and last date on Muddy Matches, we just clicked.  I knew of him through young farmers but I hadn’t had a conversation with him before. It has almost been… Continue reading We are getting married this year…