Rural romance: Heart of the Countryside – Chris and Sarah

The couple

Chris Clarkson
and
Sarah Dolman

What are your recollections of how/where you met?

How well the first date went and how time flew.

Making my best friend laugh after the date when I stated the obvious by saying he spoke like a farmer – when he was a farmer!

What do you like most about your other half?

Her beautiful smile and that she’s always willing to muck in.

That’s he’s a true gent and my cup of Yorkshire tea.

How would describe their personality?

Happy, confident, caring and sharing.

Funny, loving, caring and sharing.

And their dress sense?

Boots, jodhpurs and straw in her hair by day. Beautiful dresses by night.

Sexy boots, jeans and the traditional farmer check shirt.

And if you could change one thing about them what would it be?

Our holiday to Bakewell and Muston YFC ball.

His persistent tractor-spotting – as if he doesn’t already see enough of them.

What’s the highlight of your time together?

Her impressive body thermostat, it can’t make up its mind.

Celebrating our first Valentines Day together this year.

What’s the most annoying habit?

Asking me to get things when I’ve just got comfy on the sofa.

Bringing the farmyard home with his pig-like snoring!

What’s the secret to a good relationship?

Sharing – and understanding the girl’s always right.

Compromise and always being there for each other.

Are rural people more romantic than urban ones?

Yes what could be more romantic than an evening combining under the setting sun.

Definitely. Who can resist a farmer.

Love is?

That warm, happy feeling.

Knowing you can’t live without somebody and that your world’s incomplete without them.