I thought at 63 it would be no easy task but have met a lovely lady…

“Thanks to Muddy Matches I have met someone that shares so many similar interests. I have to be honest I thought at 63 it would be no easy task but have met a lovely lady spending time with her and the horses and working together doing jobs at weekends with the odd day out in… Continue reading I thought at 63 it would be no easy task but have met a lovely lady…

Documentary on Single Farmers Looking for Love

Talk Back Thames are looking for single farmers to take part in a show that will document and help you in your seach for a life partner. They say they will set you up on great dates with fantastic women who hope to win your heart and share your life in the country.  Rather than… Continue reading Documentary on Single Farmers Looking for Love

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

Fighting for Fordhall Farm

Following on with our theme of the lengths to which people will go to stay where they feel they belong, there is no story more inspiring than Charlotte and Ben Hollins’ battle against the odds to save their family farm and the way of life that their father believed in so passionately. When we arrived… Continue reading Fighting for Fordhall Farm

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