
Jeremy Clarkson's new recruit Harriet Cowan swaps farm for girls' beach holiday
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Jeremy Clarkson's latest addition to the team on Clarkson's Farm, Harriet Cowan, has swapped her farming gear for a bucket hat during a sunny girls' holiday.
Harriet Cowan, 24, who is currently appearing in the fourth series of Jeremy Clarkson's farming programme on Amazon Prime, traded her wellington boots for a bikini on a sun-soaked trip to Spain.
The new series introduces Harriet as she shakes things up at Diddly Squat Farm while Jeremy Clarkson finds himself struggling in the absence of Kaleb. Having worked on farms from a young age under her father's guidance, Harriet balances her life between caring for animals and enjoying her youth like any other woman her age.
During her Spanish getaway with friends, Harriet was spotted basking in the sunshine, as reported by NeedToKnow. She also posted photos of herself getting ready for a night out and inflating a pink lilo for the pool.
Harriet was also seen sporting a fashionable bucket hat while lounging in the sun and trying on others in a local shop, reports the Mirror.
Since joining the show, Harriet is now being tipped as a fan favourite, stepping into the shoes of Kaleb Cooper in the series. However, unlike Kaleb, who seldom ventured far from Chipping Norton, the 24 year old is no stranger to an adventure.
In her leisure time, the farmhand relishes dressing up for glamorous nights out with friends and her partner, fellow farmer James. Harriet is no stranger to hard graft.
During her university years, the 24 year old juggled her student nurse life while working on her family's farm in Swindon, Wiltshire.
By the age of 23, Harriet had graduated, purchased her own home and began ascending the ranks in the agricultural sector.
The farmhand also has a substantial following on social media, with over 37,000 followers on her TikTok account, @harrietcowan3.
Clarkson's Farm, which debuted in 2021, follows Jeremy Clarkson and his family as they navigate growing their own crops and caring for livestock on their Cotswolds land.
In the teaser for the fourth series, Clarkson aims to purchase a pub that will rekindle his farm-to-fork restaurant vision, following the council's closure of his Oxfordshire restaurant due to alleged unauthorised opening.
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