- I didn’t think that this would need to be said, as I hoped most folks would have enough common sense to realise for themselves. My wife and I shared the cooking, I did not force my wife to cook because I am some chauvinistic beast. We shared it because we share things. Including the food. My son did not eat any because he did not want any. As you will hear in the video, our battery was dying so we quickly closed and signed off, my wife holding the camera. Then we sat and ate. I did not eat it all myself and deny my wife food. The fact people would even think that blows my mind. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤯

it feels like my dad is taking me scavenging and I’ve never had a dad so this is kinda what I need

I have no idea why this was in my recommended but I am glad it was.

I gotta say, I'm born and raised in a land-locked state and I'm not into eating seafood of any kind but there's something so peaceful about watching these foraging videos. Maybe it's the sound, the environment or the simplicity of combing the shores but I find these videos incredibly relaxing and interesting. :) Well done.

If you're still reading comments, I just want to say two things. First, I do appreciate the subtitles and all the extra info and little jokes in them! Also I appreciate this sharing of traditional knowledge in a world where such things so easily slip away.

I didn’t think I’d find a 32 minute clamming video entertaining but here i am. Watched the entire thing. 😂😂

clam: clap clap guy: so you have chosen death

I learned something from this video - no music, no special effects, just a simple sharing of knowledge. Thank you.

It's almost comforting to see humans just doing human things. Foraging and collecting, preparing food and sharing with your family, teaching valuable skills to the younger generations...this is what being a human's about. Edit: I wanna correct my words. I think the idea conveyed is that humans are a lot of things, which is what makes us the top of our food chain, but I feel like we've been missing these simple things that used to carry us and our generations which makes us desire them more. Living inside and only concerning yourself with material things makes you miss the freedom of the wild, but living a life where survival is the only goal makes humans yearn for more. A balance between our roots and the future would bring us peace, I think.

There is something so undeniably therapeutic about watching a guy just hang around a beach collecting crustaceans and mollusks... he is literally just vibing

“Colonel, im trying to hide in the sand, but I’m dummy thicc and the clap of my shells keeps alerting the forager”

If I had my way, seafood is ALL I would eat. This nice man, as far as I'm concerned, is living the Dream

Learned so much from the video. Now I'm craving seafood, I love seafood! Thank you!

This is so great. Dude grabs a clam, scallop, or crab and he says some British like "this here's a slicky slippit, here we have ourselves a slack knacker, a hobble dippy drop, and a couple doopy dob globs."

absolutely love that instead of just tossing the ones he doesn't want down on the ground, he kindly sets it back where he found it and covers it back up. that's respect for the food you eat and the place it came from.

This is the life man. I literally always wanted to explore the sea life and taste different types of clams, lobsters oysters. One of my favourite channels.

i like how respectful he is during the vid was reading some comments and i also want to point how he tries to like and/or reply to everyones comment. Great vid

I like that this dude didnt pick up the smaller ones.

Imagine how much that meal would have costed in a restaurant

As others have said, I don't know how this turned up. Sometimes UKposts just throws something different at you. I found it quite delightful. Watching a family outing combined with learning things. I used to live on the West coast of Canada and this really made me miss it, even though the beach was quite rocky where I lived. Those crazy people accusing you of "making your wife cook" and not sharing the food need to re-evaluate their life LOL I figured that your wife got some, but thought maybe the lad wasn't fond of seafood. Many of us don't acquire a taste for it till we get older. PS I don't like oysters, either. Unless they are smoked. Always a couple of tins in my pantry.

i like that u left the little clam alone

I like that you’re so knowledgeable about the area you’re walking in. It really takes the video up levels above if you were to just walk and pick up clams with no sound or commentary

When that one scallop fell on the ground, he told his wife he'll have that one... That's what dads do. Fckng respect man..

Looks like the algorithm sprinkled some salt and pushed this video up to the top after two years. 👍

Such a touching video wish I had a family like this. You seem like such a great Dad.

He actually explained to us about each clams and animals he found, He has great passion for this. Great video! Keep up the good work!

I liked that he covered up the ones he didn't take, allowing them to live longer lives in an already harsh world. Good job on that!

I love how he just grabs a crab and says “that’ll do.” Something about that made me chuckle, I don’t know.

John's foraging skills are matched only by his compassion. His a good bloke.

It’s 1:30 am and I’m sitting here watching a man grab and cook shellfish, I love UKposts’s recommenced section

I could honestly watch these for hours. I don't know why, these videos aren't even that entertaining, but they're so addicting. I fucking love them

i cannot fathom finding an entire beautiful GIANT crab like that just. on the beach. and liftin it up and walking away to eat it. that's amazing, you really live in a fantastic place

Writing subtitles is indeed hard work, thanks for the laugh mate x

A family man, you don’t often see someone that enjoys the simplicity of life. Subbed!!

I just learned more about the world in these past 30 mins than I ever did in 13 years of school.

I stumbled across this video and it brought me back to the Summer after my Mom died, I was 4 years old. My eldest Aunt Irene took me down to the rock jetty in Maine and we harvested muscles and later cooked them in a pot on a beach fire. It's one of my earliest memories as a child. Thank you.

Wow! So cool! Extremely educational to a land lubber midwesterner! I'm a survivalist prepper type and it's awesome to see you guys living off the sea!!

This video is oddly therapeutic??? Your voice is so calming and you are so knowledgeable! Glad UKposts gave me some good content for once

nothing makes me happier than seeing people release wildlife just because they're young

You should not even worry about what people think. You are using your time, energy and resources for our benefit. Anyone that has anything negative to say or are making assumptions should move on and don't watch. I thoroughly enjoyed your video. I grew up and live on Long Island, New York which is surrounded by water. This reminds me so much of my younger days when I would walk down the street to the Great South Bay and go crabbing for Blue Claw Crabs, clamming, fishing, etc. You can't live on Long Island without having an affinity for the water and the sustenance it provides. Loved the way you cooked your seafood right there by the ocean. Thank you for this wonderful video.

Bravo. Content like this is why UKposts exists.

He just walk to the crab and pick it up like he was shopping in a supermarket. The crab just sat there like pick me up i have been waiting.

No idea why UKposts recommended this, but I'm glad it did! I watched the whole thing and now feel like going to the beach this weekend.

The front page algorithm has chosen you! congrats!

This is literally the exact kind of content we all love, but nobody knows why or how they ended up here. Just good, high quality UKposts videos. I love it.

Thank you for not being greedy and just picking up any creature you saw. I liked how after showcasing something for educational purposes, you put it back and helped the little clammy things hide again. We need more humans like this😭🙏🏾

nice family day; you got the outdoors, the family gathered their food from nature, and then cooked it outside. great video, thank you.

I swear I heard you say "a slippery limpet and a winkle" and it sounded like you were reading Doctor Suess 🤣🤣🤣

I love how humane you are about it. Not like these fools that brute force and take everything regardless of size. You give the little fellas time to grow true fisherman/clam digger

This feels like I'm just following you on a little adventure, I really like it

i have a nasty shellfish intolerance that leads to stomach issues, but man, im living vicariously through you. this is fantastic.

I think I've watched this four or five times now. Absolutely love the combination of sea life info and family beach cooking. Bravo!! More foraging and family beach cooking videos please!!

I have never seen a crab just give up on life like that. "Sure, dude. Just take me. I'm done."

this was on my recommended for some reason and idk why i clicked, but i stayed through the whole thing. made me want to go out and catch some crab! GREAT VIDEO

Very interesting. I loved coming along with you. Thank you for sharing part of your world. Florida USA.😊

This is my dream!! I love scallops but, I'd never seen how they look in the shell. Thank you for sharing this and your beautiful family🤗

This made me wish I had a cool forager dad who could teach me stuff like this. I'm adopting you as my cool forager dad.

Idk how this got in my recommended but I already love this dude and his family

This looks like so much fun to do with your family, I always look around for sealife in my beaches, but they're just so barren where I live.

Next time I'm down Lytham beach I'll be doing this with the Granddaughter. Excellent tutorial!

This guy seems to know what he's talking about. Even though I don't eat seafood too often, let alone go for foraging, I felt like I needed to remember everything he said. What a fantastically enthralling video.

Really fascinating stuff. Great video. I love things like this, especially on lunch break. Someone experienced in a hobby/craft, giving a run down of how it works. Seeing a slice of life from another mans perspective.

Love this sort of foraging and finding your own food. I live in an area where this is not doable unfortunately, but one day ill do something like this :]

found your videos at random without searching for anything .. loving this, interesting, educational, and mouthwatering. Sometimes youtube actually gets it right.. most of the time it doesnt. haha.

in case your wondering, the way he killed the crab was very humane, basically what happened was he smashed the crab hard enough in the head it got paralyzed so it cannot move or feel anything, then when he tore the bottom off, the brain did not come with killing it near instantly

This just randomly popped into my recommended, and I am very happy it did.

Good lad leaving the small ones! I would get so mad when the Greenhorns took the spats! Have to look after our stocks for future gathering. 👍👍👍

just finding you through watching haze... i absolutely love your videos makes me feel like a kid again going to the sea side foraging... pure class... much love

Not sure why this was recommended to me but I’m glad it did this is cool af

I respect you for leaving the small ones behind.. great job buddy!

The most enjoyable video I've seen in ages. You lucky bloke, what a way to spend the day with wife and son

Oh wow! I'm learning so much about shell fish off of your local area. Ty for sharing your adventure with us

i like how he re-hides a scallop if its too small. very respectful

I like how you cover everyone back up. It's oddly sweet to the little things :)

Not sure how your video came up in my recommended but I really enjoyed it. Cheers man!

nothing better than a good beach cook up with some delicious seafood

Unpopular opinion: The most relaxing videos on the internet.

I don't even know how I wound up here. One minute I'm watching a video about Pokemon and the next I'm watching some saltwater in a jar vid, then some dude's chill aquarium stream, then some guy camping in the snow with his dog and then an awesome family foraging on the coast. What a night. Great video!

Am old and will probably never be at the ocean again, however I love living and eating somewhat vicariously through you. Having been to Virginia Beach, Atlantic City and Florida I can almost smell and taste the air. Blessing to you and yours.

i thoroughly enjoyed this! i don't live in an area close to beaches, so this was really nice and educational. i also wanted to watch something before bed and it was entertaining and informative, but also brought a sense of peace. the subtitles are really helpful and my thanks goes to whoever takes the time to do them! i had no idea shellfish took so little time to cook, and it seems to be easy with a little experience. i myself love crab legs with my whole being and might just go down to a beach to get some fresh ones myself if i ever have time, lol. overall this was lovely and i wish you luck in your further scavenging!

I find this very fascinating and I can see that you’re very informed about shellfish and how to forage for them. I randomly got this video in my recommendations and I’ve never considered costal foraging before for some reason. Thank you for this amazing video! You have another subscriber!

My country's in a lockdown and ive gotten so bored that ive been watching videos of people clamming the whole past few days

Don't know how I got here but glad I did. This was really interesting and you showed respect for the creatures and your audience. As a child used to collect winkles for tea at my grandmothers in Brighton so brought back memories. Learned at lot, thanks. Well worth a watch will look out for more!

Fantastic video! 10/10 I particularly enjoyed the respect ypu showed for the ones that are not yet ready to harvest.

Just discovered this today, you have a really natural presenting style and you're very informative. Makes me realise how I underappreciate the UK coast and now I want to go and get myself a meal next time I am there. Thanks for all the tips!

I don't know why this appeared in my recommended but holy I enjoyed it. Very informative and made me want seafood

i started watching your videos when the pandemic was just starting and things were all shut down. It was so calming and relaxing. Thank you so much for your amazing content

WOW ! Thank you for this video. It brought back memories of when I was very young along the Atlantic shore in Wildwood, New Jersey. The very southern tip of the state. With my Italian grand mother, my father and my uncles. All picking up some kind of shell fish. It was all safe to eat back then. I don't know about now. Sixty five years later. Thank you again.

I DONT KNOW how i ended up watching this video, but i felt like a very entertained kid learning stuff :)

I am in my 50's, grew up in Kansas, US, middle of the country. Only lakes (mostly man made). I been to the east coast Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, & into Mexico, Pacific Ocean. So I have eaten seafood, but I am not wild about it. Kansas is beef country. Never really knew what a cockle was before, except from a nursery rhyme! 😂 But this video was fascinating! I am amazed at your knowledge & how you just cooked them right on the beach. The razor clam is really ...weird looking, to say the least! That worm in the tube?!! Wild! And those clams clapping! What an adventure! Subscribing now!

Thanks for sharing. Wonderful family outing. Your son will cherish these days when he’s older. Soak it all up because they grow so fast.

Wow, this is nostalgic. I used to really love watching your videos and once your videos stopped popping up on my feed, I forgot about you. Thankfully I found your channel again. Keep up the good work!

I don't know how UKposts brought me here but I'm incredibly grateful. This was so relaxing and educational. I live in a small seaside village in Belgium, but sadly our coastal zone is too artificial for treasures like these. My husband and I are going on our honeymoon next week to the south of England, we're driving from Dover to Eastbourne, Brighton, Portsmouth, Isle of Wight, every place we want to see in between and back. We'll keep in mind all your tips for our seaside outings ☺️ !

Stumbled on this completely by accident and its just really lovely! Thank you for sharing your wonderful knowledge and enthusiasm, so nice!

Wonderful video of a FAMILY sharing some precious time together and sharing a meal together. Most interesting and educational thanks so much!!!

I haven’t been foraging for years. Just watching this I can smell the sea and the mud :) Some great finds there!

I really love this. His accent is nice to listen to.

Mr.Fish Locker i have great respect for the decency you show these animals most would disregard and wouldn't let them mature, but when I saw you put the smaller ones back I knew that there aren't just ignorant people with animals.

Sir I found this video so incredibly relaxing and helpful. I am envious of this lifestyle and hope to implement this someday as a weekly scavenge! Cheers!

Just wonderful to live this free and to enjoy the oceans bounty...Cheers to you from the US...