This morning James Vestbirk was the sofa guest (8.30 – 9.30) on Rod Whiting’s breakfast show, discussing online dating and farming. Read more.

James Vestbirk, founder of Kissinggates.com, returned to BBC Radio Lincolnshire this morning, earlier than previous mid-morning shows to talk to Rod Whiting about online dating and general news stories.

The amusing stories included James’ depicting how he nearly saw a lion which later turned out to be a domestic cat-this relating to a story on the Lincolnshire Black Panther which is said to roam the Wolds.

Lincolnshire is a very appropriate location to discuss online dating because of it’s rural nature and recent loss of rural services such as pubs and post offices. However this is a nationwide problem, the good news is Internet access is slowly improving in rural areas giving way for new services for countryside dating websites. The safety issues around online dating were discussed as well as the process of online dating. A listener text in and commented on some pictures not being of real people on other dating sites, we have developed a system where by members can take a picture of themselves within Kissinggates.com on their own web cam, we then date and time verify this picture which proves it’s authenticity. James also clarified this is a rural themed dating website which is a country friends finder as well as an online dating site. 

The wider rural issues surrounding farming were also discussed, James Vestbirk is a third generation farmer with a good understanding of the issues surrounding farming and rural industry and it was really nice to talk through these with Rod. For more information on our press coverage please see our Press Section.

This winter has been a severe one, with lots of rain and snow, making it particularly difficult for farmers, particularly livestock farmers. People living in the countryside have been completely cut off and often the Internet has been there only access to the outside world. For this reason Kisisnggates.com has a had a surge in registrations of country friends and this means there are now lots of members for you to chat to. It is free simple and easy to register today.

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This shift of under 30’s leaving the countryside will have a lasting damage on rural industries, most notably the agriculture sector. Rural services are already suffering- pub and post office closures will experience a compounding growth across the countryside, spreading like a disease, if more of our under 30’s leave in search of better paid jobs. Also the fantastic British pub culture will be wiped out if the youth continue to leave the countryside.

This problem was in fact the inspiration behind Kissinggates.com, James Vestbirk our founder returned to his family farm and saw the problems of pub closures, he then started a social network and dating site for the rural community – kisisnggates.com, the home of rural dating.

Dr Burgess report found three key areas to focus; finding somewhere to live, work and socialise in the countryside. Astonishingly the report highlights 60% of housing in urban areas can access fast cable Internet compared to only 1.5% in the countryside. These kind of statistics have been considered in Kissinggates.com design and build where we have focused on function, form and load speed to help people in rural broadband black spots. We have previously blogged about Goverment reports on Rural Broadband improves for Farmers but there is clearly a long way to go.

We hope Kissinggates.com can help the under 30s find a reason to stay and support the countryside like their parents, grand parent and great grand parents did. It free, safe and simple to register today.

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Kissinggates.com has been shortlisted by Country Life in their top 99 websites, the magazine published a True Love section which is where Kissinggates.com featured. They describe us as the new farmer dating site, with a farmer section.

Kissinggates.com is more than just a farmer dating site, we are a rural themed dating site for anyone living in the countryside. Beyond that we also get a lot of registrations in cities such as London- these tend to be people who perceive the rural life as a better way of life, and after driving around the M25 last week I understand why!

See more of our press coverage on the press section. If you are interested in having a look at Kissinggates.com it is free to register as a basic member. You can then do a search for a man or woman in your region and wink at anyone interested, this gives you a chance to “try before you buy” the other good thing is to register is a simple one page form

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You will see 6 thumbnails - 3 males and 3 females. It is a great opportunity for you to see the kind of farmers and singletons that have just joined Kissinggates.com. By clicking on one of our latest member on the right you will asked to register or login to our countryside dating system.

Registration is 100% free and safe and it allows you to read the profile of the members you are interested in and also learn how kissinggates.com works before committing.

If you would like to learn more about Kissinggates.com please read our About page.

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March is now upon us and the heavy rain and wet land is giving farmers a chance to catch up on the paper work and ELS applications etc which is an optimistic way at looking at the lack of action in the farm yard. It is however giving farmers a bit of time to search for a partner and we are finding a dramatic increase in single farmers registering on Kissinggates.com, partly due to the weather but also because of the problems in the rural community finding love.

Kissinggates.com features in todays Daily Express article on the Farmers Weekly search for Britains Sexiest Farmer.

Tori Fairley

Tori commented; “Finding love can be a challenge for farmers. Ben and I were with a large group of farming friends in Yorkshire two weekends ago and without exception every singleton said they were a member of www.kissinggates.com, a dating website specifically for people who live and work in the countryside.” Read the full story.

Register on Kissinggates.com today for free to find yourself a country friend.

Kissinggates.com feature in todays Daily Express article on Britains Sexiest farmers; “Finding love can be a challenge for farmers. Ben and I were with a large group of farming friends in Yorkshire two weekends ago and without exception every singleton said they were a member of www.kissinggates.com, a dating website specifically for people who live and work in the countryside.” Read the full story. or find out more in our blog post.

Women who register going forward will have full access to Rural Erotica, an adult dating site designed specifically for people from the countryside.

Kissinggates.com is a general dating website, however we launched RuralErotica.com as an adult dating site which is seeing a growing popularity with more and more people looking for clean, “no strings attached” fun. We want to continue to have lots of women on Rural Erotica so this is not a one off offer, it is a strategic change. Register on Rural Erotica Today.