On Wednesday morning we decided to make a detour on our long drive home. We visited Clarkson’s Farm aka Diddly Squat Farm, which is near Chipping Norton and has a farm shop. James and I have watched and enjoyed all three seasons of Clarkson’s farm, and I think that Jeremy Clarkson has done very well to highlight the problems faced by farmers in the UK. He often points out that his farm wouldn’t be profitable without the large amount of money he is able to invest from his lucrative television career. He has tried to diversify into various areas such as opening a restaurant, and has run into problems constantly with the local council. It’s very interesting and he seems much more likeable than he does in Top Gear. He also has a good supporting ensemble of workers on the farm. When we arrived at opening time the queue was already forming but we got a space in the car park with no problem. It was so weird to be in the place we have seen so often on television. We bought some honey, and some blackberry jam, and we got coffees and James had a roll with sausage. We sat at a picnic bench looking over the fields and it was rather blissful.
Then we resumed our journey home. I drove for a bit, but I hadn’t slept well the night before and I soon became very tired. I usually do half of the driving on our longer journeys which I think is only fair. James therefore ended up doing the vast majority of the drive home, he was an absolute hero. We got home at teatime, and were joyfully reunited with Tom and Flora. Tom was a sorry sight, wearing his cone, with his eye half closed and his butt raw from the burst abscess. Flora kept hissing at him; she is horrified by the cone.
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