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Jeremy Clarkson shares advice on how to beat the hosepipe ban

The grass around his pub is looking healthy!

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The Farmer's Dog pub which is owned by Jeremy Clarkson(Image: Tom Wren / SWNS)

TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has shared his advice to get around the hosepipe ban with the grass outside his pub looking suspiciously green.

Following five heatwaves this year, the grass around Clarkson's Farmer's Dog pub, near Burford, Oxfordshire, is looking healthy, despite around 70% of the nation being in drought conditions.

Many water companies have instigated hosepipe bans, which means people and business owners cannot use their hosepipes for watering gardens or washing cars. This includes Thames Water, the company which covers the area where Clarkson's pub, made famous by Amazon Prime show Clarkson's Farm, is situated.

As the Mirror reports, Clarkson has found a way around the hosepipe ban after drilling into a private borehole, which is completely legal because the water is not sourced from the public treated mains network.

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Jeremy Clarkson inside his pub, The Farmer's Dog(Image: PA)

A borehole is drilled deep into the ground, allowing someone to access natural groundwater. This is then fitted with an electric pump, and people can connect their garden hose to the system without breaking any drought conditions.

Clarkson suggested that another famous person, singer Sir Rod Stewart, might have used the same tactic at his Essex mansion.

Writing in his newspaper column, he said: "An aerial photograph of the lush green lawns outside Sir Rod Stewart's sprawling mansion in Essex prompted the nation's bitter people to ask: 'How did you manage that, mate, when there's a hosepipe ban in force?'

"Well, let's think. Could it be, perhaps, that Rod, here with wife Penny, probably has a borehole. It's not a difficult concept to get your head round.

"That's what we did at my pub, which is why the lawns are also weirdly verdant."

A total of 10 companies have initiated hosepipe bans in England and Wales this summer, including Wessex Water for the first time in 50 years. A borehole is one of many ways individuals and business owners can try to circumnavigate a hosepipe ban, but it is not a cheap method as they can cost tens of thousands of pounds to install.

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