Jeremy Clarkson shares picture of ‘annoying’ solar eclipse

The Clarkson’s Farm star was not alone in heading out to catch a glimpse of the rare astronomical event on Wednesday night (August 8).

In the most significant solar eclipse since 1999, the moon blocked the light of around 92 per cent over West Oxfordshire, the home of the former Top Gear and Grand Tour presenter.

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But like many, Mr Clarkson found viewing the eclipse harder than it may seem, without special-grade eclipse glasses which became as rare as gold dust in the run up to the event.

The eclipse begins as seen from King’s Stairs Gardens in Bermondsey, south London (Image: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)

Sharing a picture of a bright white blob of a sun across his fields in Chadlington, near Chipping Norton, the TV presenter-turned-farmer wrote a comical caption.

He said: “So annoying. We didn’t get the eclipse in Chipping Norton.”

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Hundreds of fans could relate to the disappointment they read into Clarkson’s sarcastic review of the event, many of whom were also unable to secure the proper glasses and were left with makeshift forms of eclipse viewing.

Phone cameras provided a limited view of the astrological event, often being unable to focus with any accuracy on the moon passing in front of the sun.

The nearly two-hour event began at about 6.15pm on Wednesday night, with the maximum coverage of the sun peaking at about 7.15pm, when the sky darkened and the temperature dropped, before the sun was uncovered again at about 7.50pm.