Richard Hammond visited his favourite place, Cumbria

Many people caught a glimpse of the former Top Gear and Grand Tour presenter during his travels over the weekend.

The Wild Duck were surpised to see the former Top Gear co-host walk through their doors, they took a photograph of him and posted it to their social media and said:

"What an absolute gentleman! Richard Hammond in for lunch today Top Food for Top Gear"

He also visited The Countryman pub in his vintage car as staff members grabbed a picture with him. As well as the Kirkstile Inn.

Richard at The Countryman (Image: Benjamin McIntosh-Ormerod)

Mr Hammond has a home in Buttermere now, a place he called one of his favourite locations which more or less makes him a local now! Previously, in a video which was posted on the What's Next YouTube, alongside fellow former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May, Richard stated his love for the Lakes.

Read more: Ex Top Gear star Richard Hammond calls Buttermere his favourite place

Hammond said: "I am and have been, I know, a very lucky boy. I've travelled an awful lot of the world and all the time I was travelling the one place I took with me in my imaginations and my heart was this place, my favourite place, Buttermere in the Lake District."

Richard Hammond in Buttermere (Image: Newsquest)

"In fact it became a bit of a standing joke because what you won't have seen when you watched our many car adventures and travel shows over the years was that wherever we were looking out across a beautiful landscape whether it was Madagascar, Mongolia or Burma there'd be a pause in the radio traffic from the rest of the crew in their cars and then somebody would dial in 'Go on then Rich say it' and I'd pipe up with, 'It reminds me of the Lake District."