{"product_id":"diddly-squat-home-to-roost-1","title":"Jeremy Clarkson: Diddly Squat: Home to Roost [2024]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's been another memorable year on Diddly Squat Farm - will the chickens finally come home to roost?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fans of Prime TV series \u003ci\u003eClarkson's Farm\u003c\/i\u003e will enjoy this companion'\u003c\/b\u003e IRISH TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e----\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome back to Clarkson's Farm.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo, that went well . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe spring barley crop failed.\u003cbr\u003eJust like the oil seed rape.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the durum wheat.\u003cbr\u003eThen the oats turned the colour of a hearing aid and the mushrooms went mouldy.\u003cbr\u003eFarming sheep, pigs and cows was hardly more lucrative. \u003cb\u003eJeremy\u003c\/b\u003e would be better off trying to breed ostriches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in the face of uncooperative weather, the relentless realities of the agricultural economy, bureaucracy, a truculent local planning department and the world's persistent refusal to recognise his ingenuity and genius, our hero's not beaten yet. Not while the farm shop's still doing a roaring trade in candles that smell like his knacker hammock, he isn't.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the face of it, the challenges of making a success of Diddly Squat are enough to have you weeping into your (Hawkstone) beer, but misery loves company and in girlfriend \u003cb\u003eLisa, Farm Manager Kaleb, Cheerful Charlie and Gerald\u003c\/b\u003e his Head of Security Jeremy knows he's got the best. And it's hard for a chap to feel \u003ci\u003etoo\u003c\/i\u003e gloomy about things when there's a JCB telehandler, a crop-spraying hovercraft and a digger in the barn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause as a wise man* once said, 'there's no man alive who wouldn't have fun with a digger . . .'\u003cbr\u003e*Jeremy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e----\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eClarkson's Farm\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best thing Clarkson's done . . . It pains me to say this'\u003c\/b\u003e GUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shockingly hopeful'\u003c\/b\u003e INDEPENDENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Even the most committed Clarkson haters will find him likeable here'\u003c\/b\u003e TELEGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Quite lovely'\u003c\/b\u003e THE TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNumber 1 \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, October 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarkson, Jeremy","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52597694169427,"sku":"XV80241728192","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/clarkson-jeremy-diddly-squat-home-to-roost-xv80241728192-1211422684.jpg?v=1765917794","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/diddly-squat-home-to-roost-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}