Jeremy Clarkson has shared a hilarious encounter he had with a suspected 'dogger' in the woods near Clarkson's Farm, revealing the young man's word-for-word response when he got caught.
The 66-year-old former Top Gear presenter previously disclosed that The Farmer's Dog pub, which he bought for "less than £1 million", was built on a former dogging hotspot. The venue, nestled within five acres of countryside close to Burford in Oxfordshire, was rebranded and reopened in 2004 as The Farmer's Dog.
A pub with a notorious past
Back in July 2024, Clarkson took to Instagram to share a shocking revelation with his 8.3 million followers via a short clip. In the video he says: "Tell me you bought a pub on a dogging site without telling me you bought a pub on a dogging site."
The footage shows a visibly repulsed Clarkson holding up a pair of women's underwear on the end of a twig. Within just over three hours, the video had racked up more than 110,000 likes and upwards of 1,000 comments.
His supporters found the situation amusing, with one remarking: "Rename the pub The Dog Inn", while another quipped: "Bet that was left there as a cruel joke by James May", and a third joked: "This is terrible! Please tell me the exact location, time and dates, so I know to avoid missing it."
Encounter near the farm
Clarkson has now revealed further incidents, this time occurring close to his farm. In his column for The Times, he didn't give specific dates but recounted how he initially mistook them for fly-tippers engaged in illegal activity.
Writing for The Times, he said: "We like to think this is mostly the preserve of suburban housewives in home country pampas places like Beaconsfield but in the not too distant past, the car park at my remote Cotswolds pub was a hot spot as well. It's even happened, on a smaller scale, on my farm."
He described returning one evening from his local when he noticed a "suspicious-looking" vehicle parked near the woodland. He approached the passenger window discreetly to investigate, only to discover a young man, approximately 17 years old, who was smoking a "doobie" with one hand while "frantically" performing a sex act with the other.
Upon realising he'd been spotted, the teenager lowered the window and the penny dropped: "Oh my God, you're Jeremy Clarkson." He then remarked: "I rather wish we had met in different circumstances." Clarkson considered this the finest line he'd ever encountered.
