CUSTOMERS queued for more than an hour to get inside Jeremy Clarkson’s reopened farm shop.
Visitors from as far as Spain and India came on Saturday to buy goods from his Diddly Squat Farm, including £7.20 pork pies and £22 candles called, “This smells of my b*****ks”.
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The shop in Chadlington, Oxon, which featured on Amazon’s hit show Clarkson’s Farm, shut for two months.
Anouska Goulding, 25, came from Hertfordshire with pal Emily Roberts.
She said: “My boyfriend’s gone skiing, so we thought we’d have a girly weekend.
“I think it’ll be nice and fun.”
Miss Goulding said she was anticipating a more rural change of scenery from her hometown and a “wholesome” atmosphere.
She said: “We watch the show.
“My boyfriend loves it and he’s so jealous that I am here today.
“He’s gone skiing, so we thought we would have a girly weekend.
“And I was like: ‘Well, if I have a girly weekend, I’m going to go to Diddly Squat.
“This is my first time [visiting].
“I think it will be nice and fun, the weather is lovely too.
“I love [Clarkson].
“I think Kaleb’s really funny as well.
“And I think, bless them, they tried hard and some of it didn’t really work out, did it?
“But it’s nice to see they did a good job.”
Ms Roberts added: “It’s nice to see the background of the farm.”
Sarah Drayton, 46, and Michael Tustin, 47, were also visiting for the first time from Worcestershire.
She said: “We have been watching it on the television.
“I just like everything, it’s just brilliant.
“It’s really hard to pick a favourite on the show but probably Kaleb.
“I just think he’s really funny, he’s really light-hearted, the bond with Jeremy and Kaleb is really funny.
“The countryside is lovely.”
Clarkson’s Farm series guide
By Conor O’Brien, TV Reporter
Clarkson’s Farm airs on Prime Video and follows TV personality Jeremy Clarkson as he manages his Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds.
Three series have been released to date and here is an overview of what has happened so far.
Series 1
- Jeremy takes over the day-to-day running of the newly renamed Diddly Squat Farm.
- Lisa Hogan, Kaleb Cooper, “Cheerful Charlie” Ireland and Gerald Cooper are also introduced.
- Jeremy starts to assemble what he needs for his farm – as well as laying the groundwork for things to come later.
- He buys key equipment including a tractor and cultivator, as well as taking on sheep and opening a farm shop.
- Jeremy takes over the day-to-day running of the newly renamed Diddly Squat Farm.
Series 2
- This series sees Jeremy look for ways to increase the farm’s revenue.
- One such example is bringing in a herd of cows although this isn’t without its issues.
- Jeremy also had the idea to convert the abandoned lambing barn into a restaurant where he could sell his meat from the farm.
- For this plan to move forward, he had to get planning permission from the local council.
- Viewers also meet Pepper, a heifer among the herd who ultimately becomes the star’s favourite.
Series 3
- The third series contained some of the show’s most emotional moments to date.
- In heartbreaking scenes, dozens of newborn piglets died as a result of overlaying – their mother rolling on to them.
- Jeremy said goodbye to his favourite pig – the Baroness – after she developed cancer and needed to be put down.
- Dry stonewall expert and “head of security” Gerald Cooper was diagnosed with cancer.
- Jeremy and Kaleb began a competition between themselves – with Kaleb looking after the arable side and Jeremy taking the non-arable elements.
- Fellow farmers – and famous faces – Andy Cato and George Lamb appear in this series