Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen faces restoration delay 'we have a problem'

Daily Mirror

14-05-2025

Our Yorkshire Farm star Amanda Owen was dealt a major setback on Tuesday night
Our Yorkshire Farm star Amanda Owen was hit with a major blow on Tuesday (May 13), as her farm was devastated by a storm.
The reality show's spin-off, Our Farm Next Door, tracks the lives of Amanda, her former husband Clive, and their nine children as they refurbish a 200-year-old farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales.
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The second series is currently being broadcast, as the family continue with their renovation project at Anty John's farmhouse.
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In the latest episode, the goats received new coats in their stockings as Christmas came to Anty John's. Additionally, the family savoured the home's first festive fire in years.
However, the celebrations were slightly marred when Ravenseat Farm, 15 months into the farmhouse restoration, was struck by a storm, reports Leeds Live.
Builder Richard clarified that the house's exterior was mostly complete, and most of the interior beams and joists had been installed.
Unfortunately, Storm Bert wreaked havoc on the electrics and flooring.
"We had a bit of water come down the other day. Storm Bert, I think it was. And this was two inches deep in water. The issues caused by the electric coming into the building, believe it or not," Richard explained.
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"When we've dug the trench from the post in the field, all that water from the top of the field is coming down that pipe, which is what the electric's in, which basically comes into the building, and it's just sending water into the building.
"We're gonna have to form some sort of drainage and redirect that water before it actually gets to the building. So, we have a little problem to sort out."
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Richard remarked: "We seem to be getting everything the wrong way round. We're doing a summer job in winter. We were doing the roof in the winter as well, weren't we? I don't think we had a summer, I think that could have been the problem."
In another part of the show, Amanda shared a positive update on Tony, the cherished miniature pony who became part of the family in 2022.
"He looks well under all that fluff," she said to the audience while Tony was seen grazing on the farm.
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"Tony is a pony, a small pony who was bought a few years ago on a whim. But the kids fell in love with him, Clem rode him, Nancy has ridden him. He's a little star, he's a character.
"The kids absolutely love Tony because, after all, he's only the size of a big dog. He just knocks about with the big horses, they use him as a flannel to wipe their faces on or a footstool."
Fans of the show were delighted to hear about Tony's wellbeing, with many expressing their joy on social media.