The Mary Williams pier is crowded out with big boats this morning...
with visiting Brixham beam trawler, Monty of Ladram taking advantage of high water to land her trip to the market...
she was not the only visiting boat to land, the Acionna...
put togther a solid trip...
of quality mixed fish...
including head-on monk...
alongside a second landing in as many days from the Crystal Sea...
there's plenty of fine details to sort out in preparation for the harbour to hand over the lease for the fish market building and market operations...
those Scottish boys just can't pass up the opportunity to put ashore that favourite North of the border fish, the humble haddock...
monk tails from the big St Ives boat...
and yet another big octopus from one of the crabbers...
and, end of season sardines, no I mean pilchards...
and mullet...
landings ready to head east to the market at Brixham...
with yet more waiting in the wings as the William of Ladram manouevers around the harbour waiting for a quay berth to land...
as the Monty lands...
to the market...
watched over by the resident seal...
with every quay berth taken...
the William heads for the ice works......
and Ollie takes his eye off the heaving line headed his way...
a stacked out Mary Williams pier - and there are up to ten big Scottish prawners heading this way over the next few weeks to join the feet...
which will make things tight for them landing on the end of the pier...
looks like a few hours work for the boys on the William...
looks like the end of the sardine season for one boat...
the Old harbour at high water on a big spring tide...
and a busy pier...
and slip...
now that is one seriously smashed up footrope...
looking over the the road to where the MMO have their temporary office...
and parking spaces...
but later this year, building work is due to start on the much awaited, Marine Skills Centre and home to Seafood Cornwall Training.
