Country Couples, www.country-couples.co.uk

Well to begin with, once I subscribed I realised that there were 2 other members in the whole of my county so realistically finding dates locally was not going to happen.

I spent a while searching through other members on the site and it became clear very quickly that most members seem to know one another, from the comments under their profiles it was also clear a lot of them have met up and are friends..it feels really like invading a clique-y social club you haven't been invited to.

The positive thing about this site is that it is cheap and the site don't keep re subscribing you month after month. If you pay for a month that's all you'll be charged for. However, I deleted my account after 3 days, a total waste of time!

Generally, I'm sorry to say, but I was dissapointed with

Country Couples. There are not really as many active members as first appears.

Different to any site I have tried, so supportive and friendly. Haven't had a single spam or rude message in the 3 months I've been a member. Great site, friendly and supportive members and staff are very visible. No spammers or scammers have got through to me yet. No adult content and no annoying adverts. Well done CC and hope you keep it up.

I like the Forum on country-couples - it gives you chance to get to know people in a friendly environment - and the quizzes and jokes and 'join in' threads are very entertaining. I also like the way you can leave comments on peoples profiles - it is nice to have feed-back and also a good way of saying 'Hi' and keeping in touch with people you have 'connected' with.

The chat room is fun too - and having the 'personal pm' facility means you can have a private chat if you like.

In the main forum is a 'shout box' where you can see who is online at a glance and can have a chat - I often pop in there before work to say good morning - it is a nice start to the day.

I found country-couples to be a pleasant, friendly site - a very genuine community feel - and was pleased with the speedy responses from Admin and the site owner - there is a very definate personal touch here that I have not found on any other dating sites.

The site can be difficult to navigate at first, as it is quite different to other sites I have used but the staff are logged in every day and always respond quickly to questions. Visually it has an old fashioned feel about it, which I like. So far I have chatted to people all over the country including London but they all seem to have shared interests which is great.

The staff are logged in every day so spammers get booted really fast and questions are answered quickly.They have an old fashioned attitude about them which I like, as one night stands aren't my thing.I shall be sticking with them to see how things develop.