The allure of Jeremy Clarkson’s rural venture has captivated fans nationwide, drawing thousands to his farm shop in hopes of both sampling his locally grown produce and perhaps catching a glimpse of the charismatic 65-year-old former Top Gear presenter. However, the influx of eager visitors has also led to a chorus of complaints about one particular aspect of the experience: mud.

Many visitors have taken to review platforms, their words echoing with a common theme—“mud, mud and more mud!” In response to these grievances, the Diddly Squat Farm Shop’s official Instagram did not mince words, addressing the critics head-on. “We’ve seen a couple of comments about the car park being a bit muddy,” the post began.

In a tone that matched the passion of its fans, the post continued emphatically, “Just a reminder, this is a farm shop car park, not a Westfield car park,” before clarifying the shop’s operating hours: “Our farm shop is closed on Mondays and open Tuesday to Sunday.”

The post was accompanied by a video showing a staff member hard at work, spreading gravel across the grounds. Supportive fans quickly filled the comments section, rallying behind the farm’s rustic charm. One fan remarked, “Farms!! Mud!! Go together really, don’t be frightened of your car getting dirty, it will clean.”

Another chimed in, poking fun at the urban visitors’ discomfort, “City people dreaming of farm life but being scared of a little mud.” A third commenter summed it up succinctly: “I’ve yet to visit a farm shop that doesn’t have a muddy car park with potholes and puddles! Never thought to complain because I’m going to a shop, on a working farm, it’s to be expected surely.”

This came as previous guests took the world’s largest travel agency website, TripAdvisor, to share their complaints.

After a visit, one fumed: “Mud, mud and more mud! Waited 1.5 hours to go in shop. Mud and puddles everywhere.”

Another unimpressed guest added: “Even though it was a dry sunny day there was lots of mud. To start off we are disappointed as we really wanted to be blown away but we weren’t.”

“Avoid at all costs. This place should be closed. The car park is a mud bath. There are loads of people and it is very scruffy,” raged another fan.