Heavy skies herald a weekend of unsettled weather and worse to follow.......
though for a brief moment the morning sky clears and the moon can still be seen 180˚ from the sun.......
works still seems to be underway on the inshore trawler Cathryn........
there's a new face on the harbour team giving the fish market a washdown........
Ben Gunn's Blue Rocks enjoys a blast from the sun low in the sky.........
and the same light gives the harbour water a certain intenseness........
out of the blue, with the sun still shining down comes the rain......
and all hands leave the quay.......
including Maria and Eve from Exeter Camera Club guided to a dry spot by the ever-courteous Lionel in the middle of his twice daily log of the vessels moored in the harbour, a practice that has been carried out for well over one hundred years........
after taking ice, the Govenek of Ladram, Newlyn's and one of the UK's biggest gill netters, heads for a temporary berth to take on grub for the next trip.......
and moors on the end of the new quay........
now the rain has stopped Bracken s able to get back to a big mending job, ably assisted by the old man, yet again brought out of retirement when needed........
changeable weather is the order of the day.......
though for one of the harbour's shrimp fishermen the pickings are average........
another of the netter fleet prepare for sailing as the boxes go back aboard the Silver Dawn........
a more contrite looking Scott these days waits impatiently in readiness to sail for the first time in nearly five months now that his father's boat.........
the Filadelfia is ready for sea again......
good to see the slipper-skipper ready for the off........
another boat nearing the end of her refit, the William Samson Stevenson still needs work before her derricks are fitted.......
looking none the worse after her little mishap earlier in the week, the Lisa Jacqueline (ex-Hubenada) heads for another berth.......
those gulls leave their mark in more than one way it seems..........
there's always workshop work.......
unlike those in the foreground, the netting fleet will have to put up with wind, rain and seas that make life very uncomfortable as they fish over the neap tide, mos of them working at least 100 miles west of the Scillies.
