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.” 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 . . . 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. 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.

In the first Diddly Squat book he was critical of local councillors, and here he continues this theme, and he tells how he thinks freemasonry plays a part in many planning decisions. He also reveals that he believes that councillors refuse his applications because of who he is. In the book, we read that time is moving fast for Clarkson at the age of 61 and how he is thinking of opening a restaurant, and is looking for people who will help him run such an establishment. 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?

So, while he is the first to admit that he is still only a ‘trainee farmer’, he clearly still has work to do.” That is right – it is time for another riotous trip to Diddly Squat Farm with farmer-in-progress Jeremy Clarkson.” 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!

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. National Farmers Union says that “Clarkson has showcased the passion, humour and personalities of the people who work throughout the year to grow the nation’s food”. The publishing firm has described Clarkson as “the surprising new poster boy for British farming”. Jeremy ClarksonAccording 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. It's easier to get planning permission to build a nuclear plant than to turn a barn into a restaurant? If you want a laugh, it's Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat: 'Til the Cows Come Home . . . The book will keep us going until the next TV series appears. Spectator