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Ekin Karasin

Jeremy Clarkson reveals 'sad' departure from Diddly Squat Farm - as James Blunt shares support

Jeremy Clarkson had a heartbreaking farewell with the litter of puppies born at his farm over the summer.

The former Top Gear host, 65, revealed in July that her fox red Labrador Retriever Arta had given birth at his 1,000-acre Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire.

At the weekend, Clarkson explained that all of the puppies had found new homes and were leaving the farm.

He shared a sweet montage of videos showing the puppies saying goodbye to their mother as they left with new owners, set to the tune of James Blunt’s song Goodbye My Lover.

“So happy the puppies are going to wonderful families. But God it’s sad to see them go,” the Clarkson’s Farm star captioned the Instagram post.

Clarkson’s longtime partner, Lisa Hogan, shared a similar video on Instagram, captioning it: “Goodbye my puppies, goodbye my friends, we have loved to so much.”

She tagged Blunt in the post and the singer, 51, shared his support for the couple in a comment that referenced two of his hit songs.

“’Goodbye My Lover’ for you, but ‘Carry You Home’ for them,” Blunt quipped.

Clarkson shared his excitement on July 27 when Arya gave birth to a litter of puppies - but revealed on the radio days later that one of them had died.

His girlfriend Hogan confirmed the news on Instagram, writing: “Sad news this morning. Mr Grey has gone to fur and feather land.”

The former Grand Tour host has encountered a host of other problems in 2025, claiming it has been the “worst year ever” for his Cotswolds farm due to the relentless heatwaves and drought.

More recently, he revealed the farm has been locked down for at least two months due to a bovine tuberculosis outbreak among his herd of cattle.

The puppies were born at the end of July (Jeremy Clarkson/Instagram)

In July, the motoring journalist announced that the farm had “gone down” with the infectious disease, bovine tb, from a pregnant cow.

“It's awful, it is awful. You have a test every six months on the cows and then you sort of become blasé, it's a hypothetical threat,” he told Times Radio.

“And then the vet looks up as he did yesterday lunchtime and said, ‘I'm really sorry this one's failed’. So that means we're now locked down and it's just dreadful, absolutely dreadful.”

Clarkson confirmed his adjoining farm shop has been “unaffected” by the closure and remains open for business as usual.

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