Coastal Foraging - Foraging a local beach for Scallops, Cockles, Clams and Mussels and how to cook on the Beach. We also show and talk the wonderful sealife we find. #coastalforaging #foraging #scallops
Another stunner of a vid, , I don’t think you realise how good you are at this, , , Your camera work is just brilliant- everything we need to see - it’s sharp, well framed and evenly lit , and then, “with your other hand “ you’re foraging expertly, for our benefit, , , so good to see you only taking “what you need “ and placing things back properly. I swear, sitting here miles away in Essex, I could smell that pot cooking! ! Great job! When you open the “Coastal Foraging Restaurant “ , I’d like to be your first customer, could I book my table now please?
John Tailing - John, that comment was wonderful. Thank you so much. It really has started my day off in a great place. I am really glad to hear that you enjoyed our video so much. I really hope that viewers pick up on our message of sustainable foraging. If these videos encourage folks to get out and explore the natural world around them and care for it a little more then they will have been worth making. Best wishes to you and the family and have a great day. 😊👍🏻🐚🍽💙
- Thank you very much and welcome to our channel. Our little boy is just a little superstar isn't he. He makes me so proud. I am glad you enjoyed our video and hope you enjoy the rest of our content. :)
I got here a few days ago for a scallops recipe. I wish I'd known about this last year like you, I live in Texas, I need the peace and beauty. I'm binge watching now.
I found your channel today after an anxiety attack and it actually really helped to calm me down and distract me. Your voice is really soothing. Also your kid is so cute, and the way you two interact is so precious.
- I am very glad that we were able to help bring you some calm and peace. Welcome to our family channel Mintea. :D I am glad that you enjoyed our video, our little man is such a superstar isn't he. He makes me so proud. Best wishes and have a safe day. :)
I am a senior citizen with disabilities and can no longer scour the sea shore so i do it through your wonderful videos, thank you so much.Someone else mentioned how calming your videos are and this is so true.
I have to say I love how you respect the nature life, how you only take enough for you, your wife and kid to eat. It's really nice to see it, especially when you don't pick up the smallest ones :)
Tiffany Lima - Thank you Tiffany I am really glad to hear you enjoyed our video and share our philosophy about sustainable foraging. It is a lesson we are teaching our children and hopefully a message that transfers across to other watching. Only take what you need, and always treat the natural world with respect and appreciation. Thank you for watching and I hope you enjoy the rest of our content. Have a great day. 😊🍽🐚🌿
All I have to say is that you are such a great father. I love watching your videos and seeing you interact with your son while fishing is an amazing sight. I wish more fathers were like you!
- Angelique, I am simply doing my best. Like so many others. He is my favourite person and teaching him about the world is one of my life greatest joys. :D
These videos kind of remind me of fishing with my dad when I was little. I was always so excited when I caught something, even if it was tiny, and he was always (and still is) so supportive. He got me a new fishing rod for my 16th birthday and took me fishing all day, it's one of my favorite ways to spend time with him :-D
I love the fishing videos but the foraging vids are by far my favorite. Have a wonderful day John and family 🙂Thanks for the enjoyable entertainment 💪🏻
I would happily pay to have a tour, just walking along as you pointed out the shellfish. I wouldn't even need to eat the meal, the joy of being in fresh salt air, listening to the education of what can be found foraging would be experience enough. Love these videos!
- I have spoken with some local groups and schools about doing just that but the red tape, health and safety and insurances etc just makes everything impossible. For now we will just have to settle for the videos. :D
i've been extraordinarily stressed out lately (as i'm sure most ppl have been) and just found your channel. i don't eat shellfish or fish but learning from your videos is so much fun! it's all so fascinating! i wish i could go foraging and cook for my family like you do, but i'm landlocked. thank you for these great videos, i hope you're all well
Anh Nguyen - Welcome to our channel Anh, I am glad you have found us and are enjoying the content. Yes people are getting rather worries lately, I hope that our videos can bring people at least a little distraction. If you have any questions about our videos just give me a comment. 😊👍🏻🐚🦀
I'd like to pop in and say that even if you're inland, there's plenty of opportunities to forage for wild edibles! Food grows abundantly around us in most places. Feel free to drop any questions you have about forest foraging, and I can share some helpful channels I watch for that!
ReticentGrace - Haha. I have had so many people tell me that same thing. “I didn’t even realise I was into this..” welcome to our channel Grace. I hope you enjoy the rest of our content and stay safe. 😊
- Thank you and welcome to our channel. I am glad you found our video interesting, we are simply sharing what we know and love doing. I have been fascinated by marine life since I was a young boy so being able to share this with you all is a real pleasure. I hope you enjoy the rest of our content and have a nice day. :)
It's so nice that your videos show that the more you know about the animals the more you respect them. Sometimes people are greedy and are unwilling to let small things go, but if you leave them there they'll naturally grow bigger and the cycle continues.
- Thank you Helena, I am so glad that you share our philosophy on sustainable foraging. :D It is a lesson we are teaching our children. Never take more than you need and always treat the natural world with respect and appreciation. :D
- Hello again Tracy and welcome back. Im glad you enjoyed out latest video. How have you been keeping? We are being absolutely battered by wind and rain lately, its a miracle we were able to get out at all. :)
Oh The Fish Locker , lots of snow and very cold single digit temperatures over here . Hopefully Spring will be coming soon . I really enjoy your videos , many of the shell fish you find are new to me . I learn a lot from you . Thank you ☺️!
*Tracy Born Again Farm Girl - We haven’t had any snow yet but some areas up country have. It’s just so wet and windy lately. I think I read that we have had the mildest January since records began. So it’s not been overly cold. Just damp. 🤷🏻♂️ Soon be summer. 😊 All the best and stay safe.
absolutely love that you put everything back as you've found it, and that you take care to cover the creatures back up...also just adore seeing your boy out with you!
Brooke Barletto - Thank you Brooke, I am glad you share our philosophy on sustainable foraging and varying for the environment. I love doing things like this with my son. Teaching him about the world have been one of my life’s true joys. 😊💙
ButterflyDraws - Thank you very much and welcome to our channel. 😊 I don’t mind how you found us, just that you enjoy yourself whilst you’re here. If this is your type of video we have a few more I think you will love. Take care and have a nice day. 😊👍🏻🐚🌿
I watch most of the foraging videos on RU-vid but, yours are the most relaxing. You have a beautiful family too! I get so excited watching you find various creatures. Thank you for always taking the time to educate us!
- Sir, it is our pleasure. We are simply sharing what we love doing in the hope that it will encourage others to take an interest in the natural world around them. Hopefully we will be able to get out on the shore again soon. In the meantime, take care and stay safe. :D
These kinds of videos in my recommendations are always a gem. Just stumbled upon this channel and I love it. I don’t live by the coast, but I love all kinds of seafood. It’s amazing to see what people can find with their own two hands.
Nikki Lyn - Hi Nikki and welcome to our channel. I am really glad to hear you enjoyed our video and hope you find the rest of our content good viewing. If you have any questions please just give us a comment. Take care and have a nice day. 😊👍🏻🐚🦀
Rebecca Guillen - Thank you Rebecca and welcome to our channel. We are simply sharing what we love doing. I hope our videos are good viewing and help to encourage people to take an interest in the natural world around them. 😊🐚🦀🎣🍽
Don't take it wrong, I'm not born in the UK, but you are so cute with your son. It's so endearing, you could make a cookie out of it, but it's great to see you as a family man.
FlowerofDissolution - That young man is my absolute joy. By far and above my greatest achievement and he makes me so incredibly proud every single day. And you don’t even know the half of it. 😊💙
theroyalcity seamstress - That is wonderful to hear. I hope he develops an interest in the natural world. It has brought me so much joy and fascination throughout my life. Best wishes to you and your son and take care. 😊
@@TheFishLocker thanks for your reply! i have to tell you, the day after we first watched your videos, i was telling him it was time for lunch and he said, in his baby talk, "go to the beach to eat shells please?" 😅 i had to explain to him that it would be a long drive but that we would take him one day! he really loves you guys! cheers from the Pacific northwest!
I truly enjoy watching your videos. To be able to harvest food from nature and do it in a sustainable way is amazing. I wish more people had the respect that you have for nature. I love that you are teaching your son the same values!
- I am so glad that you share our philosophy on sustainable foraging. There are many areas that are picked clean because of a few greedy individuals taking everything big and small. It really is saddening. The message we are trying to share with our viewers is to never take more than you need and always treat the natural world with respect and appreciation. Have a nice day. :)
Randomly stumbled on your channel and I'm glad I did. I live in the middle of the U.S. and I'm really envious of being able to just go out on the beach and finding such an abundance of great, fresh and free food.
- Well welcome to our channel, I don't mind how you found us I am just happy that you did. :D I am glad to hear you are enjoying our content but do not be envious, we never know where the future may take us. One day you may find yourself by the shore and now you have a head start on knowing what to look for ;)
these are precious videos. Family time and interaction, teaching your kiddo unique skills, cooking demos, all on top of the foraging and details of the collected edibles. These are adorable. Love it.
LAubrey Horowitzpp - Thank you so much for your kind comment. I am so glad that you are enjoying the videos. We are simply sharing what we love doing. Let’s hope the weather improves so we can make more. 😊👍🏻🐚🦀🎣
- Thank you very much, I do really love what we do and am really glad we can share our passion with everyone. All the best and have a great weekend. :)
I love how you promote sustainability in your foraging. You have a true respect for our wonderful oceans and their inhabitants, and it does my heart good to see you teaching sweet little James these valuable lessons.
Your knowledge of marine life is truly inspirational you look to the shore and it’s alive with life food and intrigue you have a great little family to enjoy and share your passion well done atb from Scotland
- Thank you James, I have been fascinated by the shore and marine life since I was a young boy, and being able to share and teach these things to my family has been one of my life true joys. I am really glad you are enjoying our content and all the best. :)
How I really really love how you raise your son, telling him ’its okay’ when he failed to get the raizor clam, telling him ’thank you' for giving you a piece of bread. And telling him 'good job' when he did great. I am now soon to be a mother of a son. I want to apply that kind of treatment to him sooner. Hope so not being short tempered me. Long patience for me thou.
I have no doubt that some people will disagree with how I do things. Like letting him explore and experience on his own with me standing away supervising. Letting him fail a little so he learns how to learn. Life is a learning exercise. All anyone can ask is we do our best. We send you our very best wishes for your new family and take care. 😊💙
Hahaha! I had to laugh - John: "That's enough now, no more burping". James: BURP!! Lovely bit of foraging John - lovely shellfish feast, and like Hannah said, you'd pay a fortune for that! Tight lines & comfy wellies!
- Haha. He's a character isn't he. He has me in stitches all the time. It was a great day out on the shore culminating in a lovely cook up. Perfect. :D
- Thank you and I am glad you share our philosophy. Hopefully the advice and example we show in our videos may go some way to encouraging people to take the same approach. :)
phira Rohz - Thank you very much and welcome to our channel. We are simply sharing what we love doing. I hope you enjoy the rest of our content and have a great day. 😊👍🏻🎣🦀🐚
I find these kind of videos so calming and refreshing ! Keep up the good work 😊 Plus I like watching these in case I’m ever in a survival situation in the future 😅
Amaterasu Eda - Thank you very much. I am very glad to hear that you enjoy our content. And good thinking, you never know when you may need knowledge like this. 😉🐚🍽
How does this man know every single detail about every single thing there is on the beach, and how does he spot them so easily. Fr I be thinking they rocks.
- Haha. The trick is knowing where to look and what you're looking for, once you know that you will honestly see so much more ;) I have been fascinated by marine life since I was a young boy, so the information we share has been gathered over a lifetime. And I am still learning every time I go out. Best wishes and have a great day. :)
Kristy Muehlman - Haha. You should see some of the evening meals we have. My wife cooks the best Sunday roast you have ever seen in your life!! 😛 Im glad you’re enjoying the. Ideas Kristy. 😊
What a lovely family outing! My husband and I really enjoy your videos, we’ve only been married for 5 years but if we ever have kids I hope they’re as well mannered as your son is!
patchedupdemon - Aww thank you so much. We are just sharing what we love doing. We aren’t perfect and we don’t get it right every time but we do our best. 😊💙
I love how u put back some of the fish when it's small or when u find something that you don't like to eat, it's very considerate.. I bet there are people who'd take more than their need.. I also love when you're sitting with family ♡
Citoyenne Algerienne - I am glad that you picked up on the message in our video. It is a lesson we are also teaching our children. Never take more than you need and always treat the natural world with respect and appreciation. We love getting out and about on the shore together as a family. Take care and stay safe. 😊👍🏻
dolphyn2 - Thank you so much. It is our pleasure. I have been fascinated by marine life since I was a young boy and it has been wonderful sharing that passion with my family and all of you. Welcome to our channel and have a great day 😊👍🏻🐚🦀
I love how informative this video is. I'd so love to get to experience this kind of activity, just walking around collecting seafood. It's also lovely to see you leave out the others so they can keep growing and multiplying.
Beatriz Dizon - Thank you Beatriz and welcome to our channel. I am glad that you enjoyed our video and share our passion and philosophy or conservation. It is something we are teaching our children. Never take more than you need and always treat the natural world with respect and appreciation 😊👍🏻🐚🍽
This looks incredible! That loaf of bread looks so good. Wish I could do that here in the States 😅 I also can’t help but to think everytime I watch your videos, that these are precious valuable memories that you’ll be able to look back on with your wife and James 😭💙
Lina - Hi Lina, welcome back 😊. I absolutely agree with you. I was probably the last generation who’s baby and childhood pictures are actual photos and video cameras were not really available and it is a shame. I absolutely cherish all of our videos together and know I will love watching them in years to come. 😊🎣🐚🍽💙
Valerie Garcia - Valerie I have honestly been waiting since before our son was born to be able to teach him these things. It really is one of my life’s true joys seeing him learn and experience all these things. 😊🐚🎣💙
I'm so jealous, I keep having dreams about going to the ocean and finding a bunch of creatures, that big starfish is awesome, I wish I lived near the ocean
- We care about the sustainability of our foraging and the effect we have on ou local ecosystem. Never take more than you need and always treat the natural world with respect and appreciation. :)
Hey ya cockle picker, I'm coming to Cornwall, next week, wanna link up and cook up, be great to meet ya, I'm bunking down in Padstow, if you are around Gunna look at the camel River, or estuary, do t no what it's called, would love toearn some stuff off ya, and meet the family, you could come back to our rented cottage and have a night of black country, and Cornwall cooking, make a great vid All the best to you and yours You are living a life of greatness, love it, you're a great role model to you young
Greetings. I am a new subscriber, finding your vids only yesterday. I envy your "hunts" and truly appreciate you taking the time to identify the "treasures" you find whether you keep them or not. I live in Florida and sadly do not have coastlines like this. If there were, I would visit them constantly, not to gather, but just to see what the tide brought in Your little man is precious. You're a wonderful Father and I admire you for teaching him to respect the sea life and the importance of only taking the mature specimens and no more than what you can eat. Sadly, parents like you are nearly extinct. Stay safe and be careful. I will be binge watching your other vids. Infinite blessings to you and yours always.
- Hi Lilias and welcome to our channel. We love getting out on the shore and finding delicious treasures. It is so much fun and is a great activity for the whole family - so many interesting things to learn about and explore. I hope you enjoy our other videos and if you have any questions please just leave me a comment and I will get back to you. Take care and stay safe :)
@@TheFishLocker indeed lad, my kids will have many many fond memories of being on the beaches some playing some fishing some doing both. Happy days keep it up mate.
I took my missus out last night for her birthday & we had scallops & yes, they're not bloody cheap!! Wish I could find them on my local shore, me & my little un' are off this morning to have a look after this latest storm. I'll do well to find anything like what you did in this vid though, bloody good show sir!!
Shore Fishing Essex - You old smoothie, treating your good lady to a swanky scallop feast before a night on the tiles? When you come down we’ll see if you can’t rustle her up something. 😉 Good luck today, I look forward to seeing what you find mate. Take it easy. 😊👍🏻🐚
Cheers John, that might have to be an off the camera affair as she's a bit camera shy lo!! Torrential rain scuppered my plans yesterday mate, still waiting for an opportunity to make a decent video but I'll get there sometime in the near future hopefully!!
Nothing in the World better then spending time with your Son in Nature while teaching him the Good Life. Thank you for sharing some of your Family time with me. cheers!
- It is our pleasure Nathan. As you say, time spent like this with my boy is gold to me. I have been waiting to teach him these things since before he was born. Best wishes to you and your family and stay safe. :D
I've been watching a few of your videos recently and I love how you educate your viewers on what to forage for and how to find it, whilst also being sustainable and encouraging sustainability. Your camera skills and editing skills are brilliant, and I love your videos. Thanks for creating them!
- Thank you Naomi, that is really kind of you to say. We are simply sharing what we know and what we love doing. I hope you continue to enjoy our content and stay safe. :)
I've watched two of your vids now, and you remind me of my Granddad when you're teaching your kiddo. The way he would teach us when we went fishing with him was very much the same, and it makes me really happy to see. ☺️ Not only are you teaching him, you're teaching us, too, and now I'm really sad I don't live on the beach, because that all looks SO DELICIOUS!
hellsingmongrel - A lot of people wont agree with you but I feel that it is the best way for him to learn. Seeing and experiencing and by giving him the freedom to explore - with just enough guidance and supervision to keep him safe. I have honestly been waiting since before he was born to teach him these things. Best wishes and have a great day 😊🐚🦀🌿
@@TheFishLocker It really is! People learn better by doing, and you're giving him a chance to really see and explore in ways a lot of kids can't, which is great! ☺ He'll definitely look back on these experiences when he's older and be glad for them!
- It is my pleasure Jac, sadly there are far too many greedy people out there. You see them leaving with buckets full with no consideration for the long term damage they are doing to the ecosystem.
I've been struggling with lack of sleep/anxiety since the lockdown of my state due to the virus. I somehow hopped onto this video, immediately felt so calm and happy with the content I fell asleep for a nice nap, woke up and started watching more. Love your content, thank you for uploading your adventures. I'm sure your son will grow up remembering these moments with you so fondly:)
- Welcome to our channel. I am thrilled to hear that you are enjoying our videos and that they are bringing you peace - something hard to find with the current stresses going around. We are simply sharing what we know and love doing. Best wishes, take care and have a nice day. :D
@@TheFishLocker yes it's definitely mad definitely picking up around here though I can't wait for it to die down so I can go out for my first time in a while fishing going to make some fishing videos for my channel long as I keep my mental health up I'll be great to go fishing
Nb Forrest - This is a great family activity. We love getting out and about on the shore together. Especially when there’s a tasty reward at the end of it. 😉🐚🍽
I love the way you care for the ecosystem .Sadly most people take everything they find. Also I love your videos I could watch them everyday all the time .Well done ! also I love nature .
- Thank you Lylia I am glad that you share our passion for the natural world and sustainable foraging. I do truly hope that from watching our videos people adopt a more sustainable attitude to their foraging. Take only what you need and treat the natural world with respect and appreciation. 😊
