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Thursday, May 24 2012

Clarkson says no to a Kent tour... for now

Jeremy Clarkson filming Top Gear in Queenborough, Isle of Sheppey, in NovemberOutspoken Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson will not be visiting the Isle of Sheppey again after branding it a "caravan site" – at least for now.

MP Gordon Henderson wrote to the star offering to show him the sights after he made the slur in the same article in which he compared Kent residents to illegal immigrants.

Mr Henderson invited the 51-year-old to the Island and even said he would take him for a drink at The Harty Ferry Inn.

He also sent Clarkson a copy of the Around the Isle of Sheppey DVD, which was produced by the Sheppey Tourism Alliance to promote the Island.

Mr Clarkson’s PA responded to Mr Henderson, saying: “He is abroad filming at the moment but he will see his letter and the DVD on his return.

“I fear he will be unable to take up the offer of a visit to the Isle of Sheppey at the moment as he has back to back filming commitments for the new series of Top Gear.

“But you never know one day he might just take up the offer. Thank you for taking the time to write.”

Mr Henderson said he was not disappointed by the response as he thinks Mr Clarkson may well take up the offer sometime.

“It wasn’t a definite no-no,” he added.

The new series of Top Gear started at the weekend and some of the scenes due to be shown over the coming weeks were filmed in Queenborough in November.

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Wednesday, February 01 2012

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  • jesus was a black man wrote:

    come off of it i have a friend who has lived on the island for years and she is saving up to get away as she hates the place. it is bleak there no doubt about it.

    clarkson makes a living out of courting controversy, it's like a gimic, so some sheppey-ites need to get over themselves. face it, you live in a dump, it's not your fault, nothing personal. i suggest you go and visit other decent areas of the country and compare for yourselves because the way some of you are carrying on, i doubt you have ever set foot outside of the place?

    if you are too dumb to realise then maybe sheppey is the right place for you?

    03 Feb 2012 3:03 PM

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  • Baldric wrote:


    The best way to see Sheppey, in the rear-view mirror as you are leaving it.

    ;o))

    02 Feb 2012 5:37 PM

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  • Dan Gleballs wrote:

    Swingers? Sorry, thought you meant Mingers.

    02 Feb 2012 4:15 PM

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  • Jock wrote:

    @Ex Old Bill you are entitled to your opinion on Jeremy Clarkson and Top Gear, just as Jeremy Clarkson is entitled to his opinion about the Isle of Sheppey.

    Its just that more people agree with JC than they do with you.

    02 Feb 2012 5:49 AM

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  • Norsewind wrote:

    "Can imagine what lurks within that swingers club"

    Sheep ! :)





    01 Feb 2012 10:19 PM

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  • Zedboy wrote:

    Sheppey doesnt have a very good anything..... Can imagine what lurks within that swingers club.... Yeuch

    01 Feb 2012 8:52 PM

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  • Ex Old Bill wrote:

    Well chelsea-1 I will have you know that Sheppy has a very good swingers club.....at least that's what I have been told!!!! Maybe I misheard and they meant 'slimmers club'.

    01 Feb 2012 5:56 PM

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  • chelsea-1 wrote:

    After working on the island for about a year, I am with Jeremy Clackson. I would never go back to the island again, not even if I was paid to

    01 Feb 2012 3:31 PM

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  • rocket wrote:

    the euro is nackered, people are broke and people getting shot by there own government in the middle east and what can we do go on about what JC say, does it matter that much, how sad

    01 Feb 2012 2:02 PM

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  • Ex Old Bill wrote:

    I must look up when Top Gear is on again so I can avoid watching it. If ever there was a no body who thought they were somebody it is Clarkson. The Isle of Sheppey should pleased Clarkson is not going to visit them. If the BBC don't want to ruin any more programmes they should sack Clarkson.

    01 Feb 2012 1:53 PM

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