Digging for Lugworms

ANGLING is Britain’s most popular sport, and the country’s estimated 6 million fishermen provide an insatiable demand for bait. To exploit this opportunity, on his way to work every morning in his £12 million Ferrari 250GT California Spider – formerly the property of movie star James Coburn – Evans stops off for an hour at Higham Bight Mucking Flats on the Thames Estuary to dig for lugworms. Dawn is the best time to catch lugworms, and on a good morning, using a special technique involving washing-up liquid and salt, the Top Gear failure can collect up to three pints of them, which he then sells to a nearby angling shop for £2.50 a pint.