Eva was taking her job as Comment Positivity co-host quite seriously.

Watching Eva dig enthusiastically for the inevitable rock made me literally lol. Going through a particularly stressful time and this peaceful video was therapeutic. Thank you!

Wow! The sound of the sea rolling in and out over the gravel is amazing. It would be great to have a long clip of this to go to sleep too.

As a Scotsman who was born and raised into adulthood by the coast but now lives in Madrid (coming on 10 years), I really really miss open water. Whenever I am at a beach I always feel "whole" or "grounded". It's a sensation I find hard to explain, almost like a muscle in the neck that I've been tensing continuously relaxes as soon as I'm at the coast, feeling the cool breeze, hearing the waves and smelling the sea. It's just fantastic.

Hey Mr.shrimp love all your videos thanks for creating them! I did have a possible video suggestion, which I thought would be entertaining, and I'm sure you've thought about this before, but what about an iron chef challenge. I was thinking if Jenny would be a good sport about it, she could go to the market and get a few items, and then she would give them to you to create a meal. She could also control the variables, whether you're allowed foraging or spices, etc. Just an idea! Have a great day!

Ooh, I would very much look forward to a Chesil Beach trek and Pebble Size Gradient Spreadsheet video next year (maybe with custom measuring equipment?).

Probably a good thing Eva stayed home while you were fishing, her poor little heart might've given out from all those perfect stones needing rescuing 😂 Great video as always!

talking about the coppiced chestnuts, the part about "handles for rakes" made me think of the iconic Four Candles sketch.

This channel is brilliant… it’s like a breath of fresh air in the smog of YT… I absolutely love your rambling walks in the countryside. Many thanks to you and Jenny, and cheers ✌️

Gotta be honest, if you uploaded an hour long video of you just fishing on the beach so I can listen to those waves crash against the pebbly shore I'd listen to that when I have some trouble falling asleep. Incredibly soothing and brought back some of my childhood memories of going to the beach with my parents on vacation. City guy here, so the closest to sea sound that I can hear aside from videos is the sound of my blood flow echoing in a seashell.

The sad rock was actually a stone age emoji. It is thought that cave men would lob them into each others caves. A very primitive but effective form of texting, in fact it also had it's own customisable ring tone...Usually "ooooooh" or "owwww" but that was up to the recipient.

The fishing video was very relaxing hearing the waves come in. Thank you for the bit of zen. As i watched the video I chuckled thinking about how you could NEVER take Eva to that bit of beach. She would lose her mind with all those stones! 😂😂😂😂

Thanks for letting us tag along on your trips and making them more interesting. Also kudos for actually taking feedback about your audio seriously. I think a lot of professional 'tubers put so much money and effort into their setups that it's impossible to determine what won't work for people who need to rely on basic gear for general stuff.

The consideration of the "Pause to read in full" just about sums your channel up,

The final scene of you fishing was very good. Asteticly pleasing. Nice camera andgle, the sound and the sunset.

I’m kicking myself for deleting my comment on the video on the walk in Spain with the “unnamed cave”. Now after seeing Eva today- I think I’m over my sudden onset of shyness and say- let’s call the cave “Las Rocas de Eva” ; Eva’s Rocks (aren’t they all?) it truly makes the most sense to me. Excuse my online translator use may be off a bit.

I like "crying rock is crying" and "there is always an orange!".

Just want to say I really love these longer videos. Something nice to watch after a stressful week at work! Great way to unwind. Thank you 😊

Was casually enjoying all the parts of the video and then you got to fishing. As far as I’m concerned that was a grand finale. Beautiful place. Masterful shot framing. And the sound of the pebbles rolling over each other in the surf. I am so relaxed right now.

The sunset at the end... What an absolute treat 😍

As usual this Random Stuff video is jam packed full of fascinating stuff, not the least of which is in fact jam. The beach, Spain, fossils, hummingbird moths, crying rock-- just great! Love the fishing too! Don't know if it is catching because I haven't got to the end. Even if it isn't catching, its a lot of fun.

Squashes actually ripen and cure off the vine quite well for me. I have a short growing season so always have to pick them early but they continue to colour up indoors and I've had no problem storing them for several months at room temp.

It was so relaxing to watch you fishing, especially with the wave sounds in the background!

Loved the can of Fresh Gas in the persimmon section.....

Ahh, that fishing section was just mesmerizing, such beautiful sky ❤

Love the Way Eva Looks into the camera whilst on the arm of the chair

The sound of the waves on the gravel is lovely.

If rocks were edible you would be full with Eva’s help, love your videos!

The filming of you fishing looked absolutely amazing. Perfect camera angle, distance and the lighting made it look like a work of art. Very nice!

That's a garden spider, a female one due to its round abdomen. There was a huge one in our conservatory a couple of months ago and it would eat its own web every night (apparently this is normal and not mental illness as my sister suggested!).

Obviously you caught that orange mid migration.

I wonder if we could get some slow TV at the beach like this? perhaps with you fishing?

@1:03:45 It takes a lot more effort to walk in gravel as well, so it would pair well with a field ration video!

Why does someone with no interest in fishing, is allergic to wild mushrooms watch nearly an hour and a half of atomic shrimp talking about all this? I don’t know but I do. You could say I’m hooked.

Bing is the rebirth of Clippy

If Boris can throw lockdown parties then this man should get to smuggle wild asparagus seeds

12:02 It is quite remarkable to see Eva sniff out and hunt up a rock under the forest detritus. 29:18 Does the can in the background say "Fresh Gas?" . I love the sound of the surf. Thank you.

The Spanish fruit there looks a lot like the persimmons we sometimes get in the eastern US. They're really only edible after the first frost of the year: they're beautiful and sweet then. Any earlier, and they're like trying to eat a towel.

Fork handles? Juniper bushes? Mike, no-one presents variety entertainment quite like yourself. The fishing segment was great, not because of the fish or lack thereof, but the setting and history was so interesting. Thanks.

Eva is an excellent rockhound 😉

You could marry your beach 🏖 walking 🚶‍♀️ with another MRE review Mr 🍤

Thank you for films like that, they mend my heart, little by little 🌼

A wee tip for the fishing. In my experience fishing on the west coast of Scotland, mackerel are hard to catch from the beach (for me at least). However, when I have been successful it's because I have been very patient. When you cast, my theory is that you need to give a little time for the feathers/bait/hook to settle - don't start to reel straight away. Then, personally, I reel in a twitchier way - trying to replicate the erratic movements of little sea animals. On the other hand, in a boat a bit further out, I find mackerel very easy to catch. Once you find them, they practically jump on board.

Amazing Video yet again, I grew up in Dorset for most of my life so great to see you exploring all the places I know so well and seeing them from a different point of view, sometimes people get so used to a certain place and dont appriciate it the same way. Chesil beach and Bowleaze cove were always so relaxing to me, to just sit down and reflect on things growing up and even now, ill never forget both the silence in the air and the sound of the sea when sat on those pebbled beaches. (Silence and Sound) * next album name btw

My parents planted a fuyu persimmon tree last year and they harvested their first crop last month. When they get as soft as that, I like to pop the leafy bit off and scoop out the insides with a spoon. They're also delicious frozen. Also, that fishing segment was so relaxing. I hope one day you'll make a fishing Slow TV episode - four hours of uninterrupted fishing with wave sounds and gravel crunching would be amazing.

I've never heard those 'Khaki' fruit called anything other than Sharon fruit or Persimmon, intersting!

I like the idea of using multiple SD cards. I have been using really big ones when filming my adventures. I might try using smaller ones to help catalogue the shots so I can find particular footage easier 👍

I really enjoyed the fishing segment, the ocean sounds were magnificent, really makes me want to go get my rod and go do a lil fishing myself, havent been for years. also never really seen anyone sea fish up close, interesting to see the lures etc, might be worth looking into myself, mostly just done rivers and lochs myself

Yay! Another random stuff video. Weather is terrible in Toronto today so this will be a great watch when I get home! Looking forward it

Those kakis looked delicious! Have you ever had sujeonggwa? It's a Korean winter punch made with dried kaki fruits. Having watched you dehydrate a lot of things over time, I thought you might enjoy making it!

For the first time ever, a ‘volunteer’ squash appeared next to my compost bin. It grew into a humongous plant that twined itself around my garden beans, Climbing rose and 2 trees. Most of the flowers didn’t develop into fruits, and the slugs ate some. However I was left with 3 giant greeny/blue large round squashes. They are currently drying

"I don't remember planting that". ROFLMAO Imagine being the person that packs those seed packets and they slip in a couple of the peter peppers into other peppers just to give people a surprise.

I live very far from the ocean and i'd never thought of people standing on a beach like that fishing. It was very interesting to see. It looked beautiful & must have been fun. I've usually fished on small lakes or alow moving rivers. Often times off a dock or from a boat. That beach looked really interesting. I'd love to see you doument the pebbles. Great video!

My dad has lots of amazing (and scary) stories about fishing Chesil Beach in his youth - including thick fog, gale force winds, crashing waves, etc. It was lovely to put a picture to these stories, as I have never been myself. I can imagine what it would have been like to go fishing with him here! Thanks Shrimp

I really enjoyed watching you fish. It would have been extra nice if you had caught something of course, but even so it was a bit of lovely Slow TV with the sound of the surf and the lovely sunset, and watching your silhouette as you cast and reeled in your line was just a nice way to spend a few minutes. I hope you do more fishing in the future, even if not as part of a budget challenge.

49:56 I heard you say "small b--" for "small bird" and my brain filled in the rest as "small boy" before you had finished speaking. It was very funny hahahaha

Always a surprise when you find a Peter Pepper where you didn't expect!

I learned today that buzzards in the UK are hawks. In the US we sometimes call vultures buzzards, apparently because early explorers saw a big bird and called it a buzzard.

Good luck attracting the hummingbird hawk-moths! It was wild to see the one I did - 55 years and there's still always something new to see; their bodies are surprisingly big! Quick (and late) edit: the moths I saw were sniffing around geraniums. The proper old-fashioned ones our mums used to grow. It's been on my list for years to travel down to the south/Jurassic coast, but I'll have to keep my rock collecting fingers away from Budleigh Salterton :) All the best, and be well.

Frick yeah Mr Strimp great content as always

You can grow persimmons in the UK (in the south of the UK anyway). I've a Fuyu variety that I planted this year. Figs also do well, despite the colder summer this year I've had a good (but late) harvest.

Lovely video to settle down to on a Friday evening, thank you. The difference between a Blusher and a Panthercap is the striations on the skirt of a Blusher or Excelsa (very similar to the Blusher) which are missing on the Panthercap, it has a raggedy plain skirt. Also the volva (base) of a Blusher and Excelsa are bulbous but not marginate (with a gutter like rim) which you will find on the Panthercap. The cap colour of the Panthercap is a darker brown but you need to see one and identify it to see the colour difference for yourself. The Blusher's flesh can oxidise to pink, apparent after slug or human damage. The Panthercap is not deadly poisonous but will make you feel rather ill while probably suffering horrible hallucinations and in large quantities, could be quite dangerous. Paul Stamets, who enjoys that kind of thing, tried them once and regretted it saying he would never try them again.

I like that beach. Anything with multitudes of very round rocks just makes my brain go burrrrrrr. That fishing section was pretty aesthetic in general, and the surf noises were a very pleasant accompaniment to my writing.

Your videos are always a nice watch, but especially today for me, as i took the day off due to a migraine. The fishing part is especially soothing. Thank you ❤

I’m listening to this video while I work and the sound of the crashing waves is so soothing. Same with the lovely crunching sound of walking on the pebbles. Great for a sleepy Monday.

I love these long videos of yours! I am currently staying a lot of home alone due my sickness and it feels like I have nice company with me. :) Thank you!

From SDSU (and my own experience here in Norway): Most winter squash have pretty good frost tolerance, as long as they don't get exposed to a hard freeze where the temperature might get down to 28° for more than a couple hours. If a heavy frost or freeze is predicted, you can cover your squash with old blankets or a tarp to provide some protection. This is, as they say not really needed but if a really bad frost is expected, a regular tarp actually protects them well. No need to go blanket, just something to create a bit of a calm and reflect back some heat from the ground.

Congrats on catching all of those genticles!

fishings great, great fun gets you outside and you have fish you know was caught responsibly. good to know you do this

Hi Mike! One thing id love to learn more about in a video where you do your comment positivity section and i don’t know if you’ve ever discussed it in depth in a video is Jenny’s allergy with sulphites. I know you’ve mentioned it before. How did she come to know she was allergic? Does it affect everyday food shopping and have to check if its in any food you buy? Do you have to ask if you eat out etc if the food contains sulphites? What symptoms does jenny get if she does ingest sulphites? Is this why you make a lot of home made food to regulate what you know is in your food? Is it somethings that she’s had all her life? I know jenny gets camera shy but i’d find it interesting and fascinating hearing her talk about it 😊

Hi Mike. I've been a subscriber to your channel for a few years now. I just want to say how much your videos help my mental health. I'm a lover of the outdoors myself and share some of the same passions as you. Your videos seem to help me in times of low mood and depression. Watching your videos just seems to perk me up and makes me think 'it's ok for a while, I've got a man who is sharing our common passions'. Just watching any of your videos helps me (especially the foraging ones) . Please keep doing what you are doing. Kind regards 😃

i didn't realize rocks have a smell. its interesting how eva seems to always sniff one out and dig for it

Aaaand thats why its called fishing and not catching 😂but its always a pleasant time just getting out there! (I fish too). Great video as always, many thanks!

It was lovely seeing the Shrimp Silhouette against the Lovely Sky with the polished egg like rocks in the foreground. I thought of a way you could incorporate you might be able to incorporate a bit of fishing into your budget challenge. Just fish for a while (weeks months whatever it takes) and save some of the 'free' cleaned fish in the freezer for whenever you do the challenge. It would then be a freezer meal challenge of a sort. thanks for the lovely video of the English seaside. Jim Mexico

I loved the moth footage. They Might Be Giants wrote a song about that moth called The Bee of the Bird of the Moth and its one of my favorites

If you had recorded this video just 11 seconds longer, its runtime would've been 1:23:45.

Oh man another volunteer squash arc, I love the Atomic Shrimpematic Universe

I had family on Portland Bill and spent a couple of holidays there as a child in the late 70's. It was interesting to see the sign saying no swimming off Chesil Beach as I have many happy memories of swimming there. My family were fishermen and would take me out mackerel fishing in their boat. They found it very strange that I was vegetarian and not interested in eating the catch. I wonder if there are still bakeries on Portland that still sell Portland dough cakes? I remember these being delicious and I've not had anything similar since.

Kaki fruit is delicious! They are sometimes also sold as persimmons. I sometimes get them from the supermarket, and indeed they take weeks and weeks to ripen. Really strange to have fresh fruit lying around for a super long time. The skin is totally edible btw, as long as it's clean. Interesting texture as well, kinda fun to discover for the first time.

I always feel good watching your videos! Thank you, you're awesome!

I bet Eva could find truffles if you convince her they need rescuing lol

Not only a Dumbledore beetle - also Asparagus ALBUS!

Thank you for taking us to Chesil beach. Completely different from my expectations. Watching your explorations from across the water in Guernsey is fascinating.

'Look at the size of that spider' currently sharing my bathroom with a Huntsman that I heard chuckle

Love your videos & glad to see you going fishing 🎣. Thanks Atomic shrimp 🦐🤗

I'm constantly in awe of your energy. All that way to the top of the white cliff in Spain and back in last week's video, then in this week's, not only walking right over to Portland and along Chesil Beach but then all that fishing, knowing you still have to walk all that way back. And then just casually throwing in that you plan to walk its 16 miles next year, knowing how much harder it is to walk on small pebbles and shingle. What stamina!

The gravel shingle sounds very nice as you walk on it. I love walking beaches.

Ah, going to the beach, wearing shorts, fishing! Here I got a foot of snow outside and an extra blanket trying to keep warm XD. Thanks for bringing a taste of warmer days back =)

The persimmon looks like an interesting fruit, thanks for bringing it up, I never heard about it before watching your video. As it turns out I could grow this in my garden, it would survive our moderately cold winters in Hungary so I'm now contemplating getting a plant. One thing I found while reading up about this plant that might help with the slow ripening of the fruits you get in Tesco: The growers store it away from other fruits when they store it in for the winter and they recommend to put it in a basket along with apples when they want ripe fruits. The apples produce ethylene which speeds up the ripening process so you get ripe persimmon fruits in a few days

Just wanted to leave a comment because something struck me when I watched this last night. Me and my partner were sat on the sofa watching this, and about halfway through the comment positivity segment, I realised that with the size of our T.V. and where you were positioned in the room, it was as if you were sat in the room with us - it was a very surreal experience! Like having another grandfather sat with us. Was this intentional camera work, or a nice co-incidence?

Your discussion about always living on the south coast reminded me of a realization I had in the past few years.... everywhere that I have lived (many houses & apartments) has been on a north-south running road where the building I lived in faced east. This was never intentional, but I thought a very surprising coincidence!

Eva is the cutest really enjoying these random stuff videos great job.

Thank you for your great channel, Mr. Shrimp. Been watching for years.

MrShrimp/Mike, I so enjoyed your trip to the ocean. I live near the Pacific ocean outside of San Francisco in California, and it's a totally different kind of beach, just stand. The pebbles look amazing, but must be horribly difficult to walk on. Thank you for taking us with you. And.... I loved the 'dance' of you and the sea, silhouetted against the near sunset. Beautiful, and that was a different kind of a harvest. Thank you so much for all you offer to us.

I don't know which part of this video was better- all of those rocks or fishing with atomic shrimp. As a rock collector, not being able to pick up even one stone on that beach would be torture for me, but seeing them was lovely. I enjoyed watching you fish! Even though you didn't catch one, listening to your commentary and speculating about whether you would was fun. Please take us all fishing with you again if you fish some more!

When I wonder if I have time to watch a long video, and I see there's a comment positivity section, I always end up watching as I love seeing your reactions to the comments. So.... everyone who watches these videos... please keep going with all your comment positivity! You make my evening. :)

After I suggested you were a modern day Jack Hargreaves some time back (I know a few others have said the same) I was always hoping to see you do some fishing, both sea and fresh water. Perhaps you could look into the old crafts and try making/weaving cray fish basket traps etc if your travels take you to a place they frequent or you come across the foliage to make one. Another fantastic video. :)

man, just a few more seconds of vid and it would be 1:23:45

Talking of the graded beach stones, i wonder if we are literally witnessing the very slow formation process of what will eventually become sand beaches. its amazing to see each stage of the graded beach stones as they slowly grind each other down over millions of years.

❤I just love this channel. It's as randomly wonderful as I am. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.