Jeremy Clarkson says he’s fed up of visitors who come to his Diddly Squat Farm urinating on his driveway.
The 61-year-old television star called a meeting in Chadlington Memorial Hall, Oxfordshire on Thursday to address some issues from his farm.
His Amazon series, Clarkson’s Farm, has been a hit with fans and Diddly Squat Farm has become a tourist attraction.
Jeremy said that he hopes the “enormous crowds” would soon calm down, and admitted they have been a “nuisance”.
He added: “They like to come in and wee on my drive.
“I am just as keen as all of you to try and manage the situation.”
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Jeremy came face-to-face with Chadlington villagers in the tense meeting about the issues the farm’s growing popularity has caused.
Arriving at Chadlington Memorial Hall, Jeremy told reporters: “I’m just here to listen. Gossip spreads in villages and they don’t know what we’re doing so I thought, the best thing I can do is come down and say, ‘This is what we’re doing,’ and then it isn’t gossip any more.
“Someone gave me the finger on the way in,” he added.
When grilled about the traffic caused by tourists to his popular farm shop, he quipped: “Hey listen, the village has created a bit of a traffic jam tonight.”
Jonathan Moore, 53, a doctor who lives nearby, was inside the meeting and said Jeremy had promised to “control” the numbers of people visiting the site.
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Speaking to the PA news agency, he said: “It’s all subject to planning, so he can’t promise anything yet, but he’s hoping to change the lambing shed into a restaurant.
“We thought it would be for 150 (people) but it’s actually 60 seats, and he’s trying to control the number of people coming to the farm shop in the future.
“It’s very expensive to sell his produce so he wants to try and sell as much through the farm shop and the restaurant as he can.
Jeremy has recently opened up about his concerns in his recent investment with farm equipment setting him back more than £250,000.
As viewers watched the car enthusiast purchase all the necessary equipment needed to become a farmer, Jeremy admitted the investment alone was enough to give him “sleepless nights.”
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