Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home: The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller 2022

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Did you know that loading a grain trailer was more demanding than flying an Apache gunship? Or that cows were more dangerous than motor-racing? Or whether would have been easier to get planning permission to build a nuclear power station than to turn an old barn into a farm restaurant?

Haven't read a whole book since being at school. After this was delivered I had read the whole book in a couple of evenings. Absolutely brilliant. Couldn't put it down, completely laugh out loud classic Jeremy. And while he's mastered the art of moaning, challenges still abound. Who knew loading a trailer was more demanding than flying a gunship? That cows were more dangerous than motor-racing? Or that it's easier to get planning permission for a nuclear power station than turning an old barn into a restaurant?So, while he is the first to admit that he is still only a ‘trainee farmer’, he clearly still has work to do.” In Diddly Squat: ‘Till The Cows Come Home’ Clarkson tells the reader how he has had many different ideas to make money on the farm, but most of them have been unsuccessful.

That is right – it is time for another riotous trip to Diddly Squat Farm with farmer-in-progress Jeremy Clarkson.” It's easier to get planning permission to build a nuclear plant than to turn a barn into a restaurant?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. However, local councillors have different plans and show their concerns about possible lighting from the development. Clarkson doesn’t believe this a valid argument and highlights how RAF Brize Norton is nearby!

Or that it would have been easier to get planning permission to build a nuclear power station than to turn an old barn into a farm restaurant? Because while he has mastered the art of moaning about nearly everything, some of the other attributes required of a successful farmer prove more of a challenge.” Clarkson has done more for farmers in one series than Countryfile achieved in 30 years' James Rebanks, author of A Shepherd's Life

According to a spokesperson for Penguin Michael Joseph, Clarkson, brings together his latest Sunday Times farming columns in the second book in the Diddly Squat collection.

Since then, he has written for the Sun, the Sunday Times, the Rochdale Observer, the Wolverhampton Express & Star, all the Associated Kent Newspapers and Lincolnshire 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 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 . . .