Countryfile presenter and his other half were preparing to open their Cotswold Farm Park at the time when the epidemic struck Britain.Adam recalled the difficulties the couple faced due to the outbreak when he was quizzed on whether he has ever struggled to pay the bills in a recently unearthed interview from 2016.The farmer admitted: “Yes.The worst time was in 2001 – we’d invested heavily in Cotswold Farm Park, then foot-and-mouth hit just before we opened.The bank closed in and wanted their money.“We probably owed £250,000 with all the borrowed money on machines and what we’d invested in the farm park.
We had a big rent bill but all our assets were tied up in sheep and tractors.“We couldn’t take sheep to market because they were all shut..
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