Mousehole Sea, Salts & Sail Festival 2018

Mousehole's bi-annual Sea Salts & Sail festival enjoyed three days of unbroken sunshine and family fun over the weekend. A record number of traditional, mainly fishing type sail boats created a daily spectacle both inside the harbour where many were tied up or out to sea when they paraded around Mousehole Island.

With the festival over for this year...

first thing Monday morning saw heavy cloud hanging over Mounts Bay...

as a few handliners began the search for elusive mackerel shoals...

watched by some early-risers walking the beach...

between the gaps and St Clement's Isle a handful of gaffers and luggers lay at anchor...

with not enough air to disturb the festival's colourful silk flags...

as a classic wooden-hulled Colin Archer yacht takes advantage of the early morning high-water to leave the harbour...

where in years to come the legacy of EU funding for many fishing projects will no doubt be enjoyed...

by all visiting vessels.

From all the organisers and those who made it possible a huge thank you - and see you in 2020.

Two Mousehole videos from the 1920s.

A Through the Gaps blog reader very kindly pointed us in the direction of these two short films from the 1920s looking at the tiny fishing village of Mousehole.


The films are part of the South West Film and Television archive - they are always keen to add material to their growing collection - contact them if you can help or would like more information. "We hold nearly 130,000 films and tapes, dating from the start of film making in the 1880's to the present day and covering every aspect of life in the South West of England.

We want as many people as possible to see and enjoy the unique moving images that we safeguard, and we work with a number of partner organisations to make this happen.

At the moment, the database of SWFTA's collection is only searchable in-house. If you are looking for films on a specific subject, date or place, please get in touch, and our staff will advise on availability. We are working towards providing this facility online in the future.

We can also provide advice about films and tapes that you own."

Files subsequently removed owing to © Copyright issues.