A woman has revealed her ‘hack’ for experiencing Jeremy Clarkson’s coveted pub without crowds, queues or having to wait ’45 minutes for crisps’.
Nat, a mother from Surrey, took to social media to share her experience visiting the Top Gear star’s sprawling Oxfordshire property, offering her advice to potential patrons on where to visit to avoid queuing.
Like many Clarkson fans, Nat recently decided to pay a visit to vast thousand acre Cotswold estate, situated village of Chadlington in Chipping Norton, where the presenter, 65, has built his rural business – which includes Diddly Squat Farm Shop and The Farmer’s Dog pub.
As she pointed out, those hoping to get their foot in the door at one of Clarkson’s popular outlets will likely have to wait several hours to sit down for a meal, sip a pint of beer or bag a box of fresh eggs.
But the savvy mother has discovered a new hack for experiencing the best of Clarkson’s offerings, without having to endure two or three hour long queues.
In the video, she shared how others can get their ‘hands on Diddly Squat produce’ while ‘soaking up the Clarkson Farm vibes – minus the 45-minute wait for crisps’.
Stopping off at the famous country pub, which promises a menu made using only fresh and local produce, Nat spotted a nearby store called The Farmer’s Puppy, a sister farm shop that sells the same produce as the popular predecessor, Diddly Squat.
‘We’ve just walked in and there is no queue for the farm shop,’ she said, panning the camera across an area of grassy field dotted with picnic benches.
‘Everything you can get from Diddly Squat Farm shop, you can get at the Farmer’s Puppy,’ she revealed.
Speaking in the video, she said: ‘So we’ve got the same amount of food as they did at the farm.
‘We’ve gone for local fries, burgers, beer, cider and there was absolutely no queue. If you’re thinking of going down to Diddly Squat but the queues are putting you off, simply go there, have a coffee, have a walk around and come here to Burford which is about 20 minutes away.
‘You can come here, the kids can play on the farm. You can grab a drink and some lunch and there’s no queue.’
The hack offers an ideal solution to what she pointed out can often amount to two or three hour long queues which punters have complained of at peak times.
Instead, she recommended The Farmer’s Puppy.
‘It’s packed with the same farm shop products, fantastic food, no queues, and proper countryside charm plus there’s loads of space for the kids to run around and they have some cool garden games,’ she said.
As the fourth season of the Amazon Prime series, Diddly Squat Farm, set on the estate, began airing last month, Clarkson has been met with a fresh wave of criticism from disgruntled customers.
He re-opened the barn-come-gift shop – which sells prime cuts of meat, fresh eggs and pork pies alongside candles, soap and branded chopping boards – on the 1 March earlier this year, shortly before the new series aired.
As doors opened, customers were met by heaving crowds of eager fans hailing from all corners of the earth, some having travelled all the way from India and Spain.
Pilgrimaging customers desperate to get their hands of Clarkson’s fresh produce had to wait in queues lasting hours, with one on Reddit claiming to have waited three hours to get their hands on a pint of Hawkstones, Clarkson’s own brand of beer.
Meanwhile, others have objected to eye-watering prices on food and other trinkets, citing £7.20 pork pies, bars of soap for £6.80 and eggs for £4.20.
Elsewhere, customers have issues complaints of food quality, with Big Brother star and food critic Henry Southan recently have claimed his £26 beef and pork roast dinner was dry.
Clarkson recently issued a startling health update, just months after he had a brush with death.
Speaking about cars in his column in The Sunday Times, Jeremy revealed: ‘I have a trapped nerve in my back at the moment.
‘It’s fine but I’m doing anything, but in the G 580 (a Mercedes motor), not doing anything is impossible because it pitches and rolls all the time, and you never have any idea what it’s going to do next.
‘So you can’t ever brave yourself. Getting out of this and back into Lisa’s Range Rover was like getting out of an economy seat on a new airline called Air Turbulent nd into a bed at the world’s most peaceful hotel’.
The former Top Gear presenter has begun filming for series five of Clarkson’s Farm following the success of the recently released fourth installment.
Dubbed more ‘sweary and politically incorrect than ever’, the latest insight into Clarkson’s Diddly Squat farm saw him navigate a host of challenges such as the opening of his new Farmer’s Dog pub.
But as he prepared for the boozer’s first day in business last summer, Jeremy became ‘more and more ill’ and ultimately had to undergo life-saving surgery to hold his arteries open – something detailed in the new series.
The presenter has indeed been keeping a close eye on his health since his scare late last year.
Jeremy undergoes a medical MOT ‘every couple of years’, with his latest check-up seeing him sit through ‘eight solid hours of thoroughness’.
He shared that he underwent a cardiovascular and liver test, an ultrasound, MRI scan, none of which gave him any cause for concern until it came to the prostate exam.
