A Welsh man who loves foraging and eating free food from the sea is now educating people from around the world on how to go “coastal foraging” with the support of his loyal “business partner” – his dog. Craig Evans, 62, from Ammanford, is always accompanied by his golden retriever, Llew, six, when he sets off on a seaside foraging mission.
The pair often find delicacies like scallops, lobsters, crabs, seaweeds, mussels and razor clams. But the dad of four children aged 22 to 38, who is married to banking employee Liz, 56, warns anyone tempted to go hunting for free gourmet produce that there are serious dangers involved, especially for beginners.
Craig, a former aircraft weapons engineer and later bank employee, started learning how to forage as a five-year-old child, exploring the rockpools when he was growing up in Carmarthenshire.
