Dr Smart had these iron steps made in order to allow access to the loft above the fish processing store - then a neighbour rightly objected to the foot of the steps protruding into the roadway - out with the oxy-torch and a little impromptu smithying soon had that fixed - hence the odd step configuration!....
E444, Girl Debra has just taken fuel after deciding to land in Newlyn rather than steam 12 hours back to her home port of Brixham. These days boats are looking at every means to cut uneccessary steaming when they, 'travel to work'.....
just to make things difficult, another stern trawler, the Defiant had to be moved outside so that the Girl Debra could come alongside the end of the new quay for the waiting transport.....
regular maintenance on the shoes of a beam trawl includes welding 1" (that's 25mm or 2.5cm) blocks of steel to the bottom of the shoes....
a gaggle of yachts on the pontoon berths is the norm these days....
and, as ever in the early evening, the crew and possibly a few new neighbours join one another in the cockpit for a chinwag and brew - just like fishermen really only they get to do it every week of the year for free as it were - call it one of the perks of the job!....
the transport for the girl Debra's fish has arrived and gets the thumbs up as the driver reverses to the end of the quay.....
the floating pontoon used mainly to allow the painting of hulls has had a major refit and is now rebuilt and growth free.
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