Our Yorkshire Farm's Clive was 'completely taken' with Amanda Owen before split
ok.co.ukOur Yorkshire Farm stars Amanda and Clive Owen have opened up about the night they first met back in 1997. Shepherdess Amanda, 47, and Clive, 47, reminisced about their first meeting in scenes filmed before they announced their split in June after 22 years of marriage.
Back in 1997, Amanda was just 21 years old and working as a trainee shepherdess, while Clive, who was 42 at the time, had just split from his wife of 13 years, leaving him to look after Ravenseat Farm on his own.
Amanda recalled: "The first time you and I met you it was a very dark evening. And I'd come to borrow a tup, remember?" A farmer that Amanda was working for at the time had sent her to Clive's farm in order to borrow a ram.
Clive responded: "I do remember.This six-foot-something woman knocked at my door," prompting Amanda to quip: "He shouldn't have answered it, should he?" Clive agreed, laughing and then sweetly added: "But I was very taken with her, you couldn't not be." The farmer then invited Amanda in for a cup of tea but they didn't necessarily hit if off straight away.
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