Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home By Jeremy Clarkson(paperback) Biography Novel

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Welcome back to Clarkson s Farm. At the end of Jeremy s first year in the tractor s driving seat, Diddly Squat farm rewarded him with a profit of just GBP144. So, while he s the first to admit that he s still only a trainee farmer *, there is clearly still work to be done. Because while he s mastered the art of moaning about nearly everything, some of the other attributes required of a successful farmer prove more of a challenge. Who knew, for instance, that loading a grain trailer was more demanding than flying an Apache gunship? That cows were more dangerous than motor-racing? Or that it would have been easier to get planning permission build a nuclear power station than to turn an old barn into a farm restaurant? But if the council planning department and the local red trouser brigade seem determine to frustrate his schemes at every turn, at least he s got Lisa, Kaleb, Cheerful Charlie and Gerald, his dry-stone-walling Head of Security to see him through. And cold beer brewed with spring barley harvested from Diddly Squat s own fields … Life on Clarkson s Farm may not always go according to plan. There may not always be one. But there s not a day goes by when Jeremy can t say I ve done a thing and mean it … * generous, in Kaleb s view ____________ PRAISE FOR DIDDLY SQUAT Clarkson has done more for farmers in one series than Countryfile achieved in 30 years James Rebanks, author of A Shepherd s Life Clarkson has showcased the passion, humour and personalities of the people who work throughout the year to grow the nation s food … and brought an understanding of many of the issues faced by farmers to the British public National Farmers Union A deserving Farming Champion of the Year Farmers Weekly I don t know anything about farming. It s like David Attenborough doing jet-skiing, or Nicholas Witchell saying, “I m going to be a cage fighter ” Jeremy Clarkson