Jeremy Clarkson confirms a closure at Diddly Squat Farm, prompting a fierce backlash from frustrated fans.
Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm Shop issued a furious response to social media complaints.
Jeremy Clarkson’s famous Diddly Squat Farm Shop issued a furious response after visitors took to social media to complain about its grounds. The Chipping Norton-based shop first opened its doors in February 2020, after Clarkson’s Farm star Jeremy and his partner founded the store to sell surplus produce from their farm. This came after a successful and accidental 40-tonne potato harvest, which aired during season one of his acclaimed Prime Video reality show.
As fans were gripped by the former Top Gear presenter’s farming exploits, thousands travelled from across the nation to visit the farm shop to sample his homegrown produce and hoped for a surprise sighting of the 65-year-old. With a high traffic of customers, many took to review websites to warn others that the grounds were full of “mud, mud and more mud!” The Diddly Squat Farm Shop’s official Instagram page posted a stern response to critics and stated: “We’ve seen a couple of comments about the car park being a bit muddy.
They furiously added: “Just a reminder, this is a farm shop car park, not a Westfield car park,” before informing visitors of the updated opening times: “Our farm shop is closed on Mondays and open Tuesday to Sunday.”
The post was uploaded alongside a clip of a staff member gravelling the grounds, and fans quickly took to the comments with support as one penned: “Farms!! Mud!! Go together really, don’t be frightened of your car getting dirty, it will clean.”
Another wrote: “City people dreaming of farm life but being scared of a little mud.”
As a third highlighted: “I’ve yet to visit a farm shop that doesn’t have a muddy car park with potholes and puddles!
Never thought to complain because I’m going to a shop, on a working farm, it’s to be expected surely.”
This came as previous guests took the world’s largest travel agency website, TripAdvisor, to share their complaints.
After a visit, one fumed: “Mud, mud and more mud! Waited 1.5 hours to go in shop. Mud and puddles everywhere.”
Another unimpressed guest added: “Even though it was a dry sunny day there was lots of mud. To start off we are disappointed as we really wanted to be blown away but we weren’t.”
“Avoid at all costs. This place should be closed. The car park is a mud bath. There are loads of people and it is very scruffy,” raged another fan.