Jeremy Clarkson reveals what he did after waking up to ‘gang of 150 burly men’ on his pub land

Jeremy Clarkson has spent the last six or so months trying to perfect the latest jewel in his Diddly Squat Farm crown after spending a cool £1 million on The Farmer's Dog pub 20 minutes or so down the road.

But the former Top Gear man had a bit of a dilemma with the venue in recent weeks after revealing the pub grounds had been taken over by a 'gang of 150 burly men'.

Taking to his weekly column for The Sunday Times to document exactly what happened at the Oxfordshire pub, explaining that a group of Travellers had descended on his site.

Writing in his weekly opinion piece, Jezza revealed the padlock had been cut on the car park and staff threatened after confronting the group who had made their way on to the pub grounds.

The Farmer's Dog near Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm (David Davies/PA Wire)

"In the olden days you’d call the police and they would at least try to sort it out, but times have changed," Clarkson wrote.

Shining a light on the issue of trespassing, he said it had become 'increasingly vexing for farmers and landowners'.

"I’m rather envious of the way they live among us while taking absolutely no part in the society we’ve created," the TV-presenter-turned-farmer said.

"The question of who owns something is a kind of vexing grey area, and if you want to break into a pub car park and then spend the morning racing your horses and traps up and down the A40, then you go right ahead."

Clarkson behind the bar in his pub (Neil Robinson/PA Wire)

He added: "That’s broadly speaking what I was like as a schoolboy. It was the teachers’ job to make the rules and my job to completely ignore them."

Ultimately, Clarkson said, it was about treating members of the Travelling community with respect.

He said: "Basically, treat them like the Canadians treat their neighbours south of the border. Smile sweetly and hope they don’t come over."

As for what happened at the pub, Clarkson revealed the police 'responded as if someone had just sent an unpleasant tweet about Sir Starmer himself'.

The pub from above (Ben Birchall/PA Wire)

"They turned up, fast, in great numbers, did vehicle checks and organised a fleet of lorries to tow away those that had some kind of defect. It was an impressive operation," Clarkson recalled.

As for the damage done, Jezza said he was handed £150 to fix the padlock and clear up the litter.

And when asked if they could come back the next year, it was a polite 'no' from Clarkson after the 'unforgivable abuse' one of the young girls working in the pub was given.

"But in the spirit of getting on, I do wish them well because racing horses on a fully open dual carriageway looks a damn sight more fun than chasing an imaginary fox over a hedge," he said.