On the Rocks is our flagship marine foraging experience, scheduled around the big spring tides that come with the full and new moons. These tides only happen a few times a month and uncover the deepest parts of the East Neuk intertidal, usually completely underwater.
We meet, get our safety briefing and helmets, then walk out with the falling tide (around 800 m over mixed sand and rock). For about 90 minutes Jayson guides you across the low shore, showing you what grows on the newly uncovered rocks and in the deep pools: sea spaghetti, sea lettuce, dulse and sugar kelp. You learn how to identify each one, how to cut it so it regrows, and its role in the ecosystem.
Then the fire goes on. Over the next hour and a half a five-course wild tasting menu is cooked over an open flame using the day's harvest, and eaten together on the beach with questions, stories and seconds. As the tide turns we walk back. Times move with the tide on the day.
Outside the main entrance of the Bowhouse, St Monans (KY10 2DB). Tide and weather sometimes move us to a nearby East Neuk shore (Elie, Earlsferry or Kingsbarns); the exact spot is emailed a few days before. Please arrive 15 minutes early.
Outside the main entrance of the Bowhouse, St Monans (KY10 2DB). Tide and weather sometimes move us to a nearby East Neuk shore (Elie, Earlsferry or Kingsbarns); the exact spot is emailed a few days before. Please arrive 15 minutes early.
