I will go to a beach and try this, there is so much out there that we don't realise is edible, and we rely on our packaged and processed existence from a supermarket.
The difference between Ray and bear is that 2 mins in bears eating horse sht. And 2 mins in rays telling you his plan on building a shopping centre out of bamboo
Greetings from Oregon! We have a massive pile of shells along the coastline, it is a roadside attraction of Highway 101. I'd have to think it was not the only one. Since it is located higher up the shoreline I'd be willing to bet the other piles of shells may have been washed away from a tsunami in the past.
Top tip: dont use rocks that are near water. The moisture goes into the rock and when you heat it up it might explode from the steam expansion and turn into a frag granade.
Decades ago on a holiday in croatia i helped collecting muscles from the shore line which then were cooked in salt water. Those were called "stone biter" as we needed to break them out of stone with a special hammer. Hard work to collect them, but very gratifying to eat them later on :)
Being salt water, you can also put water in pools further inland that won't usually be underwater and use evaporation for food preservation. e.g. salting fish. That is also the first step in making sea salt. Coastlines have nice pools you can use carved by water.
My ancestors would be disappointed in me. I am allergic to most seafood, horses, cats, and peanuts, but I can fly helicopters and airplanes, so at least I have that. lol
Go back far enough and our ancestors were lactose intolerant. We had to evolve in order to eat most things we now depend on in truth, even wheat (which I am unfortunately intolerant) to.
You don't need a removing tool for limpets. If you give a initial short sharp kick along the surface they are clinging to they should come right off. If you miss the first time move on ( or get a removing tool) 😂.
@@MBKindell How can you flippantly insult a time-tested and safe way to cook food? Have some respect for the things your ancestors did to put you where you are now, clown.
Not really a problem since you can brush it off. It's mostly protected because it's inside a shell. But would be better to rinse things and have a fire on rocks rather than sand, less finicky to eat. People cook bread doused in ash, and just shake/beat/brush it off and it works fine. In this case, there would be barely anything on it because of the shell and being attached to the rock.
I've read articles that say people that ate a lot of sandy foods, roots, and grasses had a need for appendixes, unlike modern people who regularly rinse their foods before cooking and eating. First time I ever made razor clam chowder, I did not sit them in a salt water bucket for a day for them to expel sand, so I had sand in the bottom of my soup bowl.
@@xelthiavice4276 gangs where over catching them and selling them commercially which you're not allowed to do. no connection with any ethnicities, this guys just a typical dumb douche.
@@AhJodie I love kelp! High school mascot was Pirates, thus the moniker. Strangely, I ate all manner of shellfish when I lived in Spain - did not become allergic until age 35!
@@ekspatriat It obviously did, otherwise it wouldn't today. Communities and families don't abandon people over something like that, especially not then when the only security was your ties. They would do what they can. Shellfish is an incredibly basic food. Molluscs in particular probably universally eaten by the masses for all time until recently. Not as a food of choice, rather for the poorest, unlike today where they are often pricey delicacies.
If you're gonna cook anything you're gonna breathe in some carbon monoxide, that's just how the nature of cooking works and has worked for hundreds of thousands of years.
@@obiwanfisher537 Well any shellfish can easily be overcooked and become rubbery in texture and flavourless, they are notorious for it and such experiences put a lot of diners off. However, if cooked for the right amount of time then it is lovely. As Ray said, he was cooking it very hot for a short amount of time. People are wary of not cooking shellfish for long enough because they are a potential cause of food poisoning if undercooked (I'm not a confident cook myself and would probably fall into the trap of cooking too long).
I mean I knock the british all the time for their terrible taste in food and i see this and i know I am right. Just looking at this makes me jealous i dont live there. It is a fantastic way to live like that, eating food fresh as can be. I envy this man
I've never understand this method of cooking. As you can see, the food is covered in ash and charcoal. Why not simply put a flat rock in the middle of the fire and heat it and then when the fire dies down, put the shellfish on top of the hot rock? Problem solved.
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A traditional New England style clambake utilizes layers of damp seaweed with the food inbetween the layers so that it never touches the sand, rocks or hot coals. We would build up layers of seaweed and seafood (lobsters, clams in cheesecloth sacks, potatoes, corn on the cob, and onions ), cover it up with a canvas tarp and a layer of sand so that the trapped steam from the damp seaweed would slowly cook the food, and we'd dig the food up 3 hours later. The aroma of the freshly uncovered seafood pit was heavenly!
@@royjohnson465 He did not say anything like 'stov', he said "starve" in an English accent. I'm not sure how one would attempt to make the 'r' more distinct without it sounding bizarre. Perhaps you just need to listen to more native English speakers.
Haven’t you ever eaten a steak off the grill and really enjoyed the charred Smokey flavor? There’s no reason for sand to get into those shells as long as you’re careful. I bet they toast nice and smokey 🤤
@@terdfergeson23 There was nothing careful about how he spooged the coals all over the food. This is a TERRIBLE and stupid thing. Don't buy it. Ridiculous and frankly, infuriatingly bad.
"I don't know why we don't eat more razor clams in Britain." You'd probably dunk them in batter and deep-fry them, so no. Leave them to the rest of atlantic Europeans to enjoy.
Considering that oysters, mussels, scallops, clams and the like are commonly eaten in Britain and are never battered and fried, it's actually extremely *improbable.* In fact, on the occasions I have eaten them in Britain they've always been well prepared.
This is RIDICULOUS and a gritty nasty mess. Look at the char and 'dirt' on the items. Using the same materials it would be EASY to set some rocks in such a way to keep the food clean and still get lots of heat onto the food items: FOR example- heat some rocks up in the coals. place the rocks on the items which themselves are on clean rocks. Come on...we can do much better. In fact, we do.
@@papadocsamedi2544 No...given the tools he had...it could have been a cleaner eat! What the heck would you do? We can do the same but better. SHEESH. I have done stuff like this and I don't have to eat char and sand.
@@MBKindell And I'm sure Cordon Ramsey would have achieved even a cleaner results in he's kitchen. The video is about cooking seafood using ancient stone age method. But thank you for pointing out the importance of hygiene while cooking food.
I can see his point, people back then wheren’t barbarians. They probably had loads of knowledge and tricks up their sleeve that helped them cook the food cleanly. And if they have done it over and over again they probably where very proficiant at it.
@@FlyTyer1948 They really are delicious. There are so many ignorant comments on this thread from people who know nothing! RUclips is a frustrating place.
Not me, I do my OWN RESEARCH! No listening to experienced professionals who are observed and regulated for me, I much prefer to take the word of random lunatics that I've found on the internet as the gospel truth (I'm being sarcastic).
But how much time tho? It takes a few minutes to collect what he found whereas catching a fish can take much longer and requires tools. Besides people in the past still ate things they liked, that's why people still eat all these shellfish today.
UKeXtreme is right; fishing takes far longer, requires equipment like nets and rods and preferably a boat (or else you wade out and get very wet, not preferable in the cool waters of Britain), is less reliable (you might not catch ANY fish, especially if you stay close to shore and don't know where the fish are in your area) and potentially dangerous (drowning, hypothermia). Staying on shore and simply picking up shellfish from the beach is very easy and quite quick. You know roughly how long it will take because of the certainty of being able to find something edible, so the rest of your group can get the fire ready in good time. Shellfish have lots of goodness in them as well as being tasty.
@@TheFactMan1 No one is cringing at "offensive words". They're cringing at historical and geographic illiteracy. India is on the other side of the world.
@@TheFactMan1 Yes, I do say so. An edtech consultant that has built History, Science, and Language programs for schools across 6 countries speaks with far more authority on the subject than the random Sub 100 IQ steel mill worker from Alabama.
@@ZeVexGaming all that education, and you still think you can speak for dex up there? Ouch… I guess all them baby soft IQ points don’t really amount to jack, huh? Or that an IQ score determines what job someone can hold? 🤣🤣🤣 You truly are an intelligent person. I’m quite certain with all that consulting you do, you can at least recognize the sarcasm of the last sentence… but it sure doesn’t help you otherwise. Hell, that authority you’re flexing doesn’t really hold much sway here, since anyone with a third grade education has enough geography knowledge to point out the reason why Indians aren’t from Alaska. 🫢🫢🫢
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I wouldn't eat anything found on British shorelines these days. Our coastal waters, rivers and watercourses are filthy due to the conduct of the privatised water companies. Maybe, when this was made, about two decades ago there wer still places, but now? It's not even safe to swim in and in some areas (Dorset, this year) the water table (reservoirs) is so contaminated that tap water was making people ill down there. There's recently been some instances of that here, in county Durham, too. And lets not forget the Yeesport development that caused a (hushed up) ecological disaster for tens of miles north and south of the Tees. Dead fish and crabs washing up on beaches in theor thousands. Dog walkers, as far south as Whitby, reporting their dogs getting sick after walking them on the beaches. And north, this year a damning report on the state of the waters around Cullercoats (a favourite spot for bathers as it's reputation was for clean wayer and beaches) saying it's unsafe for swimmers. Feargal Dharkey is a hero, but we need the likes of Ray, a fervant ecologist, to speak out too. He has the credibilty on this topic the likes of Carol Vorderman (who spoke out about the Teesport development, though not so much on the environmental disaster thst ot led too, she was pretty quiet on that one. Playing politics not ecological activism) doesn't have.
Would you like to try this ancient method in the wild?
We do, pretty often, for fun. Tasty!
Heck yes.
I have done it. Loved it.
No, because you'd be arrested for poaching. Yes, seriously.
I will go to a beach and try this, there is so much out there that we don't realise is edible, and we rely on our packaged and processed existence from a supermarket.
Miss watching Ray Mears series... Had many good camp trips inspired by him back in the days!
The difference between Ray and bear is that 2 mins in bears eating horse sht. And 2 mins in rays telling you his plan on building a shopping centre out of bamboo
Or as I put it. One is full of shit and will get you killed and the other is Ray.
Always a pleasure to watch and learn from Ray.
Bear Grylls survives in the wild. Ray lives in it.
@@OneOfThePauls brilliant
I loved watching Ray Mears survival episodes on the uktv channel. I could almost taste the fresh caught food cooked on a fire
Yum. I’ve cooked plenty of oysters on a wood fire but never thought to cook razor clams that way. I’ll have to try it.
You're missing out bro, you can taste the smoke
Greetings from Oregon! We have a massive pile of shells along the coastline, it is a roadside attraction of Highway 101. I'd have to think it was not the only one. Since it is located higher up the shoreline I'd be willing to bet the other piles of shells may have been washed away from a tsunami in the past.
Ray Mears, Lofty Wiseman... thankyou for what you have shared.
ive seen this vid about 10 yr ago. thanks for reposting
Top fella, interesting as hell and a pleasure to watch.
Oh man, this show brings me back
"When The Tide is Out....The table is Set" 👍
Our human intelligence bloomed from our fresh shoreline diet. What's happening to our 'food' now is criminally insane.
Awesome mate! Thanks for sharing.
Top tip: dont use rocks that are near water. The moisture goes into the rock and when you heat it up it might explode from the steam expansion and turn into a frag granade.
think that might be why he covered it in hot ashes instead of sticking it on the fire
Good advice for the type of sedimentary stone he used. Igneous rock is not as much of a concern.
Quite a useful tip 😅
100% true!
I know by experience.
This ain’t a joke! Real advice kids.
Oh, I can smell that fire and taste those delicious delights! Thank you!
Great idea guys cooking seafood in Traditional
Way
GREAT CONTENT!!!
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KEEP PUBLISHING GREAT CINTENT AS THIS ONE!
Decades ago on a holiday in croatia i helped collecting muscles from the shore line which then were cooked in salt water. Those were called "stone biter" as we needed to break them out of stone with a special hammer. Hard work to collect them, but very gratifying to eat them later on :)
Love Ray M. Great stuff.
Eaten like this loads of times
I guess being in salt water, you don't need to even add any salt.
You’d be correct
Being salt water, you can also put water in pools further inland that won't usually be underwater and use evaporation for food preservation. e.g. salting fish. That is also the first step in making sea salt. Coastlines have nice pools you can use carved by water.
A fantastic display of how to survive without our modern tools and cooking implements .
The best part of the whole video
2:32
Nice ❤❤ video
My ancestors would be disappointed in me. I am allergic to most seafood, horses, cats, and peanuts, but I can fly helicopters and airplanes, so at least I have that. lol
Go back far enough and our ancestors were lactose intolerant. We had to evolve in order to eat most things we now depend on in truth, even wheat (which I am unfortunately intolerant) to.
Nobody asked
@@avertismentguy62 You're a sad, strange little man, and I pity you.
I’m pretty sure seaweed was used to keep the debris out of the food.
They were thinking lol
If 💩 hits the fan, Ray is definitely one guy who will be handy to be around.
I eat the abalone in Australia
..big too.
You don't need a removing tool for limpets. If you give a initial short sharp kick along the surface they are clinging to they should come right off. If you miss the first time move on ( or get a removing tool) 😂.
i feel like that would be very sandy
because they would. THIS is a terrible idea and a mess. It is stupid as hell
@@MBKindell It is the way it was done......do you think the aboriginals would have given a F.... Whats your alternative?
@@MBKindell How can you flippantly insult a time-tested and safe way to cook food? Have some respect for the things your ancestors did to put you where you are now, clown.
Not really a problem since you can brush it off. It's mostly protected because it's inside a shell. But would be better to rinse things and have a fire on rocks rather than sand, less finicky to eat. People cook bread doused in ash, and just shake/beat/brush it off and it works fine. In this case, there would be barely anything on it because of the shell and being attached to the rock.
I've read articles that say people that ate a lot of sandy foods, roots, and grasses had a need for appendixes, unlike modern people who regularly rinse their foods before cooking and eating.
First time I ever made razor clam chowder, I did not sit them in a salt water bucket for a day for them to expel sand, so I had sand in the bottom of my soup bowl.
I'm allergic to shellfish and molluscs, so I'd have starved to death lol
mmm... very healthy ash, yummy!
Classic BBC, uploads an old video saying its 1080p but really it was filmed in something like 480p. 👌
1:43
lol.... sitting with you head directly in the smoke and claiming this is a very healthy way to cook 🤣
😂
Coughing with squinted eyes 🤣
And the dirt!
dont forget all the micro plastics lol
Well, it is, if you don't constantly inhaling the smoke
Sad the number of americans in the comments who's biggest concern is the possibility of sand getting in the food.
Probably because we don't eat like the Germans are still flying overhead
@ that’s not really the point of this
*I have a shellfish allergy. Why am I watching this?*
problem is in the uk the coastline is polluted with raw sewage.
It's fine if u like eating wet wipes and plastic 😂
Ray please remake this series.
Ancient seafood bbq. Based
It looks like he's ready for TEOTWAWKI
Try seaweed next time to cover the food then add the hot stones or coals. That how the natives did it here. It’s how we do it still today.
Sand is definitely an acquired taste
Reason we don't eat many Razor Clams is because many North Wales beaches have a ban on collecting them thanks to the Chinese community.
who what now ?
@@xelthiavice4276 gangs where over catching them and selling them commercially which you're not allowed to do. no connection with any ethnicities, this guys just a typical dumb douche.
"That really tastes of the ocean". Nope. Never acquired a fondness for that flavor. Wish I had.
I'd likely starve, being allergic to shellfish . . .
@thepirate5955 Funny that your name is the pirate, but there are other foods there too! Seaweed is very nutritional, just to start with!
@@AhJodie I love kelp! High school mascot was Pirates, thus the moniker. Strangely, I ate all manner of shellfish when I lived in Spain - did not become allergic until age 35!
Youre 'allergy' would not have existed.
@@ekspatriat It obviously did, otherwise it wouldn't today. Communities and families don't abandon people over something like that, especially not then when the only security was your ties. They would do what they can.
Shellfish is an incredibly basic food. Molluscs in particular probably universally eaten by the masses for all time until recently. Not as a food of choice, rather for the poorest, unlike today where they are often pricey delicacies.
I’m no vegetarian but some how I feel sorry for shellfish.
I prefer regular stone age methods, but ancient ones are ok too
Forgot his name dang
No. Gritty
Good for back and lungs.
“Very healthy way to cook.” As he inhales a lungful of smoke.
If you're gonna cook anything you're gonna breathe in some carbon monoxide, that's just how the nature of cooking works and has worked for hundreds of thousands of years.
Was this method used by the Welch Christians?
Does it really taste well? I don't believe it.
Why would it not taste good?
@@danyoutube7491 I just heard that it's not very rich in taste and has a funny texture.
It really didn't seem like he meant it when he said it about the first two bivalves hehe
@@obiwanfisher537 Well any shellfish can easily be overcooked and become rubbery in texture and flavourless, they are notorious for it and such experiences put a lot of diners off. However, if cooked for the right amount of time then it is lovely. As Ray said, he was cooking it very hot for a short amount of time. People are wary of not cooking shellfish for long enough because they are a potential cause of food poisoning if undercooked (I'm not a confident cook myself and would probably fall into the trap of cooking too long).
I mean I knock the british all the time for their terrible taste in food and i see this and i know I am right. Just looking at this makes me jealous i dont live there. It is a fantastic way to live like that, eating food fresh as can be. I envy this man
I've never understand this method of cooking. As you can see, the food is covered in ash and charcoal. Why not simply put a flat rock in the middle of the fire and heat it and then when the fire dies down, put the shellfish on top of the hot rock? Problem solved.
That wouldn't cook the meat as effectively, the shellfish need to stick to the rock first.
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I don’t really care for sand in my food
A traditional New England style clambake utilizes layers of damp seaweed with the food inbetween the layers so that it never touches the sand, rocks or hot coals. We would build up layers of seaweed and seafood (lobsters, clams in cheesecloth sacks, potatoes, corn on the cob, and onions ), cover it up with a canvas tarp and a layer of sand so that the trapped steam from the damp seaweed would slowly cook the food, and we'd dig the food up 3 hours later. The aroma of the freshly uncovered seafood pit was heavenly!
You know, I don't think you need to put the word "ancient" when you say Stone Age Method.
He said : If you like seafood there is no reason to “stov” on this shoreline?
Starve
@ ~ Thank you but he should try to pronounce the R much more clearly in staRve is the problem.
@@royjohnson465 It's just his accent.
@@royjohnson465 He did not say anything like 'stov', he said "starve" in an English accent. I'm not sure how one would attempt to make the 'r' more distinct without it sounding bizarre. Perhaps you just need to listen to more native English speakers.
Does "Stone Age" really need to be prefaced with "ancient"?🤔
Great way to fill your shellfish full of coals and sand grit... Probably the worst way of cooking food tbh
Its a stone age method they probably didnt mind back then
Haven’t you ever eaten a steak off the grill and really enjoyed the charred Smokey flavor? There’s no reason for sand to get into those shells as long as you’re careful. I bet they toast nice and smokey 🤤
@@terdfergeson23 There was nothing careful about how he spooged the coals all over the food. This is a TERRIBLE and stupid thing. Don't buy it. Ridiculous and frankly, infuriatingly bad.
yes....THIS!
dude they were cavemen. cut them some slack, will ya
"I don't know why we don't eat more razor clams in Britain."
You'd probably dunk them in batter and deep-fry them, so no. Leave them to the rest of atlantic Europeans to enjoy.
Considering that oysters, mussels, scallops, clams and the like are commonly eaten in Britain and are never battered and fried, it's actually extremely *improbable.* In fact, on the occasions I have eaten them in Britain they've always been well prepared.
OMG! What an awful way for those creatures to die!
More for us to enjoy
A Brit( sorry if your not) or someone from across the pond telling me it's delicious... I don't know mate, sorry if I don't trust ya.
Pity I detest seafood.
The diet from the hunter-gatherers made people live longer and healthier then when people began farming and living sedentary lives.
This guy is a spanner 🔧
I don't know, I'll be happy to eat these but be careful of sand. Save your teeth
This is RIDICULOUS and a gritty nasty mess. Look at the char and 'dirt' on the items. Using the same materials it would be EASY to set some rocks in such a way to keep the food clean and still get lots of heat onto the food items: FOR example- heat some rocks up in the coals. place the rocks on the items which themselves are on clean rocks. Come on...we can do much better. In fact, we do.
Seems like you missed the whole point
@@papadocsamedi2544 No...given the tools he had...it could have been a cleaner eat! What the heck would you do? We can do the same but better. SHEESH. I have done stuff like this and I don't have to eat char and sand.
@@MBKindell And I'm sure Cordon Ramsey would have achieved even a cleaner results in he's kitchen. The video is about cooking seafood using ancient stone age method. But thank you for pointing out the importance of hygiene while cooking food.
I can see his point, people back then wheren’t barbarians. They probably had loads of knowledge and tricks up their sleeve that helped them cook the food cleanly. And if they have done it over and over again they probably where very proficiant at it.
Shush
That bite of that slimy tube worm, I think he spit it out. Ha
Do you mean the razor clam? They are delicious. We often caught them when digging regular clams and cooked them all together. They are delicious.
@@FlyTyer1948 They really are delicious. There are so many ignorant comments on this thread from people who know nothing! RUclips is a frustrating place.
who still believes the bbc
Not me, I do my OWN RESEARCH! No listening to experienced professionals who are observed and regulated for me, I much prefer to take the word of random lunatics that I've found on the internet as the gospel truth (I'm being sarcastic).
Stone Age please now, how about Native American Ways !!!
I'm confused. Were the Native Americans also in Scotland?
@scottcates Welcome to the club
They were Stone Age, the same principles apply.
@jaybe2908 Thanks
Surely your time is better spent fishing or catching crabs?
But how much time tho? It takes a few minutes to collect what he found whereas catching a fish can take much longer and requires tools. Besides people in the past still ate things they liked, that's why people still eat all these shellfish today.
UKeXtreme is right; fishing takes far longer, requires equipment like nets and rods and preferably a boat (or else you wade out and get very wet, not preferable in the cool waters of Britain), is less reliable (you might not catch ANY fish, especially if you stay close to shore and don't know where the fish are in your area) and potentially dangerous (drowning, hypothermia). Staying on shore and simply picking up shellfish from the beach is very easy and quite quick. You know roughly how long it will take because of the certainty of being able to find something edible, so the rest of your group can get the fire ready in good time. Shellfish have lots of goodness in them as well as being tasty.
um excuse me, "alaskan indians?" oof.
Calm down, Karen. Some people know the difference between harmless words and words used to harm.
@@TheFactMan1 No one is cringing at "offensive words". They're cringing at historical and geographic illiteracy.
India is on the other side of the world.
@@ZeVexGaming 👌if you say so
@@TheFactMan1 Yes, I do say so.
An edtech consultant that has built History, Science, and Language programs for schools across 6 countries speaks with far more authority on the subject than the random Sub 100 IQ steel mill worker from Alabama.
@@ZeVexGaming all that education, and you still think you can speak for dex up there? Ouch… I guess all them baby soft IQ points don’t really amount to jack, huh? Or that an IQ score determines what job someone can hold? 🤣🤣🤣 You truly are an intelligent person. I’m quite certain with all that consulting you do, you can at least recognize the sarcasm of the last sentence… but it sure doesn’t help you otherwise. Hell, that authority you’re flexing doesn’t really hold much sway here, since anyone with a third grade education has enough geography knowledge to point out the reason why Indians aren’t from Alaska. 🫢🫢🫢
google grants you unlimited educational video length uoloads and you give us 3 minite trash spam. sownvote
The internet (or even a physical dictionary, or your parents or school teachers) tell you how to spell, yet you cannot spell minute, upload or 'downvote'.
Alaskan Indians? Geography is something unknown to you!
What do you think an indian is? There are all kinds of indians throughout the Americas, they are the native American peoples.
Don’t use the term aboriginal, it sounds outdated and degrading for some reason.
Shutup and grow up.. it’s a word.
aboriginal (Adjective) Having existed in a region from the beginning: synonym: native.
Oh we've found one right here folks
I wouldn't eat anything found on British shorelines these days. Our coastal waters, rivers and watercourses are filthy due to the conduct of the privatised water companies. Maybe, when this was made, about two decades ago there wer still places, but now? It's not even safe to swim in and in some areas (Dorset, this year) the water table (reservoirs) is so contaminated that tap water was making people ill down there. There's recently been some instances of that here, in county Durham, too. And lets not forget the Yeesport development that caused a (hushed up) ecological disaster for tens of miles north and south of the Tees. Dead fish and crabs washing up on beaches in theor thousands. Dog walkers, as far south as Whitby, reporting their dogs getting sick after walking them on the beaches. And north, this year a damning report on the state of the waters around Cullercoats (a favourite spot for bathers as it's reputation was for clean wayer and beaches) saying it's unsafe for swimmers. Feargal Dharkey is a hero, but we need the likes of Ray, a fervant ecologist, to speak out too. He has the credibilty on this topic the likes of Carol Vorderman (who spoke out about the Teesport development, though not so much on the environmental disaster thst ot led too, she was pretty quiet on that one. Playing politics not ecological activism) doesn't have.