{"id":171,"date":"2019-09-25T17:16:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T16:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=60916"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:06:11","slug":"love-in-the-countryside-meet-katy-cropper-who-were-her-four-husbands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2019\/09\/25\/love-in-the-countryside-meet-katy-cropper-who-were-her-four-husbands\/","title":{"rendered":"Love in the Countryside: Meet Katy Cropper &#8211; who were her four husbands?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Love in the Countryside is back on the <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/bbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BBC<\/span><\/a> for another series to find romance in the rural life.<\/p>\n<p>There are seven new singletons this season looking for &#8216;country girl at heart&#8217; Sara Cox&#8217;s help. It&#8217;s time to play matchmaker again!<\/p>\n<p>One of the cast members who has had more of a dating history than any of the others is Katy Cropper.<\/p>\n<p>So, who is Katy Cropper?<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve done some digging into the Shepherdess&#8217; background and love life to find out more about her.<\/p>\n<h3>Meet Katy Cropper&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>Katy is a 58-year-old sheepdog trainer from Shap, Cumbria. She has been living in the fells of Cumbria for over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>She is passionate about the work she does and has been working with dogs for 28 years!<\/p>\n<p>Katy is one of the UK&#8217;s most successful sheepdog handlers and was the first woman to win One Man and His Dog in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Katy won the English National sheepdog brace trial with her dogs, Scrum and Tsavo.<\/p>\n<p>She has also made guest appearances on other shows such as Countryfile.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/bbc\/meet-love-in-the-countrysides-grace-age-job-and-her-type-on-paper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YOUNG LOVE<\/a>:<\/strong><\/span> Meet Love in the Countryside&#8217;s Grace &#8211; age, job and her &#8216;type on paper&#8217;!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Katy&#8217;s love life<\/h3>\n<p>It would appear that Katy hasn&#8217;t struggled to find love in the past as she&#8217;s been married not once, but\u00a0<em>four\u00a0<\/em>times!<\/p>\n<p>She married her first husband, Amos, aged just 19. They met as he attended her father&#8217;s &#8211; John Mayor &#8211; school, St David&#8217;s College in Llandudno.<\/p>\n<p>Katy then married Jim Cropper, a leading figure in the UK&#8217;s sheepdog handling scene. He was the one who introduced Katy to the competitive side of working with sheepdogs.<\/p>\n<p>Katy is not on good terms with husbands three and four, Albert the huntsman and Michael.<\/p>\n<p>She fell pregnant after having an affair with a married man at the age of 41 while she was still married to Albert. Katy gave birth to her daughter, Henrietta in 2003.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/whats-on\/farmer-chris-is-the-real-star-of-celebs-on-the-farm-follow-him-on-instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SEE ALSO:<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Farmer Chris is the real star of Celebs on the Farm \u2013 follow him on Instagram!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Katy on Love in the Countryside<\/h3>\n<p>After being single for over a decade, Katy is back and looking for love.<\/p>\n<p>In episode 2 (Tuesday, September 24th) of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/love-in-the-countryside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Love in the Countryside<\/a><\/span>, she admitted that &#8220;it would be lovely to share my life with somebody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So far, she has chosen to take David, John and Carl up to Cumbria. So, who knows who Katy will end up with. We&#8217;ll have to wait until episode 3!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/channel-4\/great-british-bake-off\/noel-fielding-as-a-flapper-girl-bake-off-star-embraces-1920s-theme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">STYLE ICON<\/a>:<\/strong><\/span> Noel Fielding as a flapper girl &#8211; Bake Off star embraces 1920s theme!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>WATCH LOVE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE SERIES 2 TUESDAYS AT 9 PM ON BBC TWO<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUBSCRIBE AND READ THE NEW REALITY TITBIT MAGAZINE\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/flipboard.com\/@RealityTitibit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love in the Countryside is back on the BBC for another series to find romance in the rural life. There are seven new singletons this season looking for &#8216;country girl at heart&#8217; Sara Cox&#8217;s help. It&#8217;s time to play matchmaker again! One of the cast members who has had more of a dating history than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734242,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[1424],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-bbc"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2019\/09\/25\/love-in-the-countryside-meet-katy-cropper-who-were-her-four-husbands\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Love in the Countryside: Meet Katy Cropper &#8211; who were her four husbands?","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2019\/09\/25\/love-in-the-countryside-meet-katy-cropper-who-were-her-four-husbands\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2019\/09\/25\/love-in-the-countryside-meet-katy-cropper-who-were-her-four-husbands\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eve Edwards"}],"creator":["Eve Edwards"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["bbc"],"dateCreated":"2019-09-25T16:16:20Z","datePublished":"2019-09-25T16:16:20Z","dateModified":"2025-02-07T17:06:11Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Love in the Countryside: Meet Katy Cropper &#8211; who were her four husbands?\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thetab.com\\\/realityshrine\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/25\\\/love-in-the-countryside-meet-katy-cropper-who-were-her-four-husbands\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thetab.com\\\/realityshrine\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/25\\\/love-in-the-countryside-meet-katy-cropper-who-were-her-four-husbands\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"News\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Eve Edwards\"}],\"creator\":[\"Eve Edwards\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Reality Shrine\",\"logo\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realitytvshrine.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png\"},\"keywords\":[\"bbc\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2019-09-25T16:16:20Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-25T16:16:20Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-07T17:06:11Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/realitytvshrine.com\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249734242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9069,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions\/9069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}