Early Years:
Originally from the stormy shores of North-East Scotland, he moved to West Wales in 1999 and fell in love with the beautiful green landscapes. It was a drastic change from the rugged, wind swept cliffs he spend his first ten years surrounded by, searching for sea creatures and lost pirate treasure. 

Inspired by his new home, a new best friend and tv personalities such as Ray Mears, he developed a keen interest in bushcraft skills, shooting, fishing and cooking whatever they could get hold of like game birds, rabbits, squirrels, fish and other seafood. 

You need to balance all that meat out with some greens though right! This is where tv legend Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall was a great source of inspiration. Watching Hugh starting his smallholding life at River Cottage in Dorset, growing his own food, rearing his livestock and foraging with his friend and foraging legend John Wright.
 
This all gave Dan the drive to learn about the culinary and medicinal wonders of the wild hedges and edges. Starting with the basics just like most other people, such as dandelions and blackberries and building up that knowledge bit by bit, week by week, absorbing books, videos and anything else he could get his hands on. Boring most friends and partners to death on walks by stopping every few meters to look at things and spouting facts about them. Until he met the right people of course.