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A farmer says he sprayed slurry over dozens of luxury cars parked illegally in his field because trespassing urban day-trippers from the city don’t respect the countryside.
After years of putting up with tourists leaving their vehicles on his land as soon as the sun comes out, this week sheep farmer Hogg Hodgson finally snapped.
The furious tenant farmer, whose family has run Rydal Farm in the Lake District, for generations, was filmed covering at least 20 vehicles including Mercedes, Jaguars and BMW, in the foul smelling muck.
A sign at the entrance to the field reads; ‘Polite Notice – DO NOT PARK IN THE FIELD’ and another warns; ‘SHEEP IN THE FIELD’.
Today Mr Hodgson said he was ‘no hero’, and explained he felt forced to discharge the tanker of slurry over cars parked on his land to protect his livestock and his land.
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mail, he said: ‘I’m not proud of what I did. I didn’t do it for any particular reason other than the way tourists behave. I just get fed up with the way they treat the Lake District.
‘I am sick of being abused by people when I ask them not to park on our land.’
Mr Hodgson claimed tourists often leave farm gates open, break fences and drop litter across his fields, which border picturesque Rydal Water, a popular beauty spot between Ambleside and Grasmere.
Hogg Hodgson runs Rydal Hall Farm with his wife Sharon. He today said he was ‘no hero’, and explained he felt forced to discharge the tanker of slurry over cars parked on his land to protect his livestock and his land
The furious farmer sprayed dozens of cars with slurry during the heatwave after they illegally parked on a field near Rydal Water, in the Lake District