Jeremy Clarkson has officially opened his new pub to punters - but it hasn't been without some difficulty for the presenter. The former Top Gear star took over a boozer in Asthall, near Burford in Oxfordshire, renaming it The Farmer's Dog. Hundreds of fans queued for hours on Friday to get inside the new venture, of which the telly star admitted he was winging.
As people filed into the former Windmill pub, Clarkson said selling British-only produce was expensive and "doubted" it would turn a profit. "I'm not very good at business plans and I haven't done one," he told reporters. "I do know this.
If I take one of our pigs and we slaughter it and butcher it and we turn it into sausages and we sell it here, it costs us 74p. If I buy imported pig meat, it is 18p. So, something is wrong with the food system in this country.
" Here, the Mirror takes a look at some of the obstacles Clarkson has had to overcome ahead of the highly-anticipated opening...
'Dogging site' discovery The presenter said he paid "less than £1 million" for The Windmill, which is nestled in five acres of countryside. The pub has an interesting history with the 64-year-old revealing that it is indeed built on a former hotspot for dogging. The star posted a short clip on his Instagram last month sharing his shock revelation with his 8.
3million followers. In the video, he said: "Tell me you bought a pub on a dogging site without telling me you bought a pub on a dogging site." In the clip, Jeremy can be seen holdi.