More Deals Have Been Made At Clarkson's Farm: Swamped.
Written byTimes Magazine
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- TV personality Jeremy Clarkson says he sympathizes with the people of his village after it was flooded with visitors because of his new series.
- Moderators held a meeting for residents of Chadlington, Oxfordshire, on Thursday to quell "gossip" about his farm shop, Diddly Squat.
Villagers complained about traffic delays from visiting fans. Mr. Clarkson acknowledged that the village was "overwhelmed" but said it had led to increased trade for local businesses. On Jeremy Vine's radio show, he said, "I have great compassion for the people in the village.
"There's more traffic, yes, but there's more business - village shops run better, cafes in the village, pubs in the town - everyone is doing better. "They're overwhelmed by people, but they're overwhelmed by people spending." The farm he bought in 2008 was the subject of a series from Amazon Studios called Clarkson's Farm.
Mr. Clarkson said, "I didn't expect the show to be so successful.
"Then thousands of people came down - we weren't ready for that, the village wasn't ready for that." Resident Maggie Jackman, who called on the Radio 2 show, said Clarkson was "very nice, disarming and funny" at the meeting. "He won most of the crowd in 10 minutes," he said but added that the village was "divided into three."
"There is a powerful opposition that wants to close it; there is a middle ground, then there are younger ones who welcome it." People who left the meeting on Thursday said Clarkson had announced plans to turn the sheep pen into a restaurant and limit the number of visitors to his shop.
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