Jeremy Clarkson is no longer a party animal.
Jeremy Clarkson loves gardening
The ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ star says his “entire outlook” on what is good time has changed since he got into rural pursuits and started to find the joy in little things.
The 62-year-old broadcaster wrote in the Sunday Times: “Since I started farming three years ago, my entire outlook on life has changed.
“I prefer to wake up at dawn rather than go to bed.
“And instead of wanting to see big things like the Hoover Dam, I now get excited by the turning of the leaves and the smell of wood smoke and a flock of yellowhammers.”
Jeremy attributes becoming “more patient and calm” and less of a hot head due to getting older but also due to accepting he can do nothing about world events, like the war in Ukraine.
He said: “Age is partly responsible, of course but by learning there’s nothing I can do about the weather or how grain prices are affected by events on the other side of the continent, I’ve become more patient and calm.”
The ex ‘Top Gear’ host admitted to becoming “mildly aroused” by new gardening tools, a hobby he’s picked up as he decided he has too much time on his hands.
Jeremy said: “When you are old, you no longer need to make the best use of your time. You need to waste it.
“You need to fill the hours and that’s why gardening now holds some appeal. I bought some secateurs the other day and find them mildly arousing… I also enjoy using my new wheelbarrow.”
James May - who stars alongside Jeremy on Amazon Prime Video’s ‘The Grand Tour’ - thinks Jez is “putting it on” when it comes to his new countryside persona and that he finds the show “infuriatingly inept at times”.
The 59-year-old television personality said: "I don’t know how much of the practical stuff he’s really doing.”
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