“Thought I would just drop you guys a line and say thankyou, I have met a lovely lady and we are making great plans and enjoying life together. Good to know there is always a match out there somewhere and we are not on the scrapheap.” Kevin
Tag: rural online dating
Photo Call – St George’s Day
It’s St George’s Day on Saturday 23rd April and we thought we would mark the occassion by celebrating some of our favourite Georges, Georginas and Georgies. If you’d like to get in touch with any of them, just click on their photo.
Happy New Year…Now’s the Time to Get Online!
Wishing all muddies a very Happy New Year! We hope that 2011 brings you everything (and everyone) you wish for. Are you single and think it’s time to make a change? Now’s a great time to start using our rural dating site, or reactivating your membership if it has lapsed, as lots of people feel… Continue reading Happy New Year…Now’s the Time to Get Online!
Have you found love online?
We have been contacted by a journalist looking for couples who have successfully found love online to tell their story for a top UK women's magazine. It would be a chance to share your experience and help promote online dating and the trials and tribulations of meeting people in the countryside. You would need to… Continue reading Have you found love online?
Gourmet Sea Salt Making
We’ve been thinking recently about how people’s connection to the land can drive their entrepreneurial spirit and there is no clearer example of this than the story of David and Alison Lea-Wilson, founders of the Anglesey Sea Salt Company. The pair have spent decades on or around the coastline of the Menai Strait, which separates… Continue reading Gourmet Sea Salt Making
Frizbee Golf in Pembrokeshire
One of the things we have been interested in on this tour is weird and wonderful farm diversification projects so, when we heard about ‘frizbee golf’ on a farm in Pembrokeshire, we had to take a look. Richard and Dawn Lewis have been farming (beef, dairy and arable) at Slebech, near Haverfordwest, for nearly twenty… Continue reading Frizbee Golf in Pembrokeshire
Muddy Wellies Ale at the RAC
When we were invited by Simon Corpe, the Chairman of Royal Agricultural College Entrepreneurs (RACE), to come to the college and have a taste of their new student-branded beer we couldn’t refuse…one, because we were intrigued to know what it would taste like, two, because much of this trip has been focussed on rural entrepreneurs… Continue reading Muddy Wellies Ale at the RAC
Out and About with the Woolly Shepherd
Whilst in Somerset, we spent the day with Val Grainger – The Woolly Shepherd – to learn more about wool making. Val has her own flock of around sixty rare-breed sheep (mostly local Dorset Downs, but also Wensleydales, Shetlands and Ouessants) and a growing wool business, selling high-quality knitting and weaving wool. Teddy-bear faced Dorset… Continue reading Out and About with the Woolly Shepherd
Eco-Friendly Tourism in the New Forest
Although it is England’s smallest National Park at 57,000 hectares, the New Forest prides itself on being the greenest and, with all the chat about carbon footprints and doing your bit for the environment, we headed down to Brockenhurst – the Forest’s largest settlement – to find out how one goes about having a low… Continue reading Eco-Friendly Tourism in the New Forest
Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard
Sat right in the heart of ‘1066 Country’ in East Sussex, the Sedlescombe Vineyard was a beautiful spot on a sunny autumn day. We were there to find out a little more about the English winemaking industry and had arranged to take a tour of the vineyard and have a chat with owner and winemaker… Continue reading Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard