Today, the Muddy Matches team have been reflecting back on when we welcomed Oxfordshire singleton, and Daily Mail Online lifestyle journo, Lucy onto Muddy Matches in pursuit of her muddy match. “A man who knows his cobnuts from his chestnuts (and which trees they grow on)” – that was her request. Lucy approached us as… Continue reading Muddy Matches is ‘a win in the murky world of online dating’
Tag: Success Stories
New book champions Muddy Matches’ dating success stories
This week, the Muddy Matches team stumbled across a feature on rural romance in rural Ireland that championed some of our success stories and celebrated our roots as ‘an early adopter’ in countryside dating. The feature on Agriland Ireland (Caroline Allen) explored ways of dating when you are muddy minded and drew lots of conversation.… Continue reading New book champions Muddy Matches’ dating success stories
“We feel so blessed to have met on Muddy Matches”
Irish racehorse trainer Declan was immediately hot to trot for divorced mud lover Trudie when she appeared in his search results whilst countryside dating on Muddy Matches. The country-minded singles had individually been online dating, on and off, with us for just under a year when they mutually matched in March 2022. A year on,… Continue reading “We feel so blessed to have met on Muddy Matches”
“Our best advert is that it does work” – Forbes interview
In the build up to Valentines Day 2023, acclaimed global business publication FORBES, featured an interview with Muddy Matches founder Lucy in their article on female influencers in the dating world. Lucy, who still at the heart of operations at Muddy Matches, is one of three female business leaders who contributed to Alison Coleman’s feature:… Continue reading “Our best advert is that it does work” – Forbes interview
Amber the cob saying ‘neigh’, Emma said ‘aye’ – Spalding Today
We are always pleased when local newspapers take an active interest in the country couples we inspire, and choose to feature their muddy success stories. The latest local to cover a love story is Spalding Today (Spalding Gazette and Lincolnshire Free Press), who have followed up on our own coverage of Lincolnshire love birds, Emma… Continue reading Amber the cob saying ‘neigh’, Emma said ‘aye’ – Spalding Today
“For singles who like nothing more than green fields and fresh air.”
Earlier this month (January 2023), we were pleased as punch to be named on the shortlist of niche dating websites and apps to check out, according to the Evening Standard newspaper. They were focusing on helping singles make the most of Dating Sunday, and saw fit to recommend a number of dating apps and websites… Continue reading “For singles who like nothing more than green fields and fresh air.”
When Harry found Lexi love in the countryside
Cast your mind back a fair few years to 2014. Muddy Matches had been going just over six years, and the team were out inspiring all and sundry about the virtues of dating online at the Country Life Fair. The Muddy Matches stand in the Grand Marquee had been pretty popular, when up popped country… Continue reading When Harry found Lexi love in the countryside
Three weddings and a tractor!
Muddy-matched couple finally tie the knot after having their big day cancelled twice due to lockdown If at first you don’t succeed… Having had their rural wedding plans thrown into disarray by COVID-19, engaged Muddy Matched pair Kerry and arable farmer Richard have tied the knot in a church ceremony, at the third time of… Continue reading Three weddings and a tractor!
7 muddy secrets that let rural romance bloom in the New Year
2021 has been a year in which making meaningful muddy connections has bloomed. Here, mud inspired couples reveal their top tips after meeting on Muddy Matches. At Muddy Matches, we have seen many thousands of new matches and new relationships bloom into countryside engagements, lockdown weddings, the pitter patter of tiny wellies and life changing… Continue reading 7 muddy secrets that let rural romance bloom in the New Year
Sarah & Ben’s Muddy Ever After
“He stood out asking me questions about my goats; I was the crazy goat girl and he the agri engineer.” It was recently reported that a bride-to-be will spend, on average, 524 hours planning the finer details of a perfect wedding day with ‘wedding mode’ taking up over 44 weeks of head space. Imagine then… Continue reading Sarah & Ben’s Muddy Ever After