Lot 498 - A rare Newlyn silver inkwell at auction today

A very rare piece of Newlyn silver will go under the hammer today at Campbell's Auction House in Worthing, Sussex. The piece is expected to make somewhere in the region of £4,000-£6,000. What no one knows is how the piece came to be in private hands for many years when it was clearly made to commemorate the opening of the new Institute, in its current position, back in 1911.

With more notice, it may have been possible to organise the piece to be bought back for the Mission in Newlyn.

Bright start to the day

Even with the heavy cloud cover, Mount's Bay provides a warm light for the early riser.....
empty insulated fish tubs from the IoS.......

another plaice drops through the flip grader......
'Milford' Mike, now officially the oldest man on the market deftly shovels ice to top off the boxes awaiting the attention of the auctioneer.....
out in the Bay, numero uno, PZ1 makes her way in.....
there are currently four vessels engaged in survey work between the Longships and Hartland Point, one of those, the Fugro survey vessel Meridian, is anchored possibly thankful to be out of the harbour after a number of residents felt moved to complain to the harbour master last week about the noise generated by her generators, not for the first time have some residents seem to have forgotten that they live adjacent to a working port......

as the boys aboard the Nellie well remember from a similar incident last year!

Walk on the wild side

With somthing of an Indian Summer in progress, where better to head than a dramtic cliff walk on the Lizard taking in the the picturesque village of Cadgwith and its thatched cottages, art gallery and, of course, the local fleet of insore boats that inludes the Scorpio, they of red mullet fame.

In honour of Keith Flod, fine food, fine wine, fine friends

The stage is set, the fish stock is warmed, a fish veloute sauce at the ready.....
off with Cointreau flamed scallops and a handful of langoustine for starters......
eaten with black chopsticks of course......
with a main of grilled Dovers (the only way according to Floyd On Fish) and poached John Dory, home grown runner beans and Jersey Royals - and, as with every meal, the one final ingredient that was common to all Floyds recipes, FUN! - a fitting tribute to all gastronauts.

Stowed gear

Now that's what you call apressure washer.....
time for an early morning potting round.......
and its calm enough.......
two clear points ahead, the ILB Paul Alexander moves ahead in the callout league.....
how beam trawls are stoed on the deck when a beamer is steaming to and fro the grounds.

Floyd on Fish the book of the BBC series that started it all

The book of the series that started it all, though out of print it is always worth checking out local charity shops before heading off to Amazon......

and you only have to read the preface to realise that here is something different in the way of cookbooks.....

with Floyd's obvious passion for cooking and sharing the experience of eating fish

in the company of good friends and good wine, the book was designed to increase the number of fellow 'gastronauts' around the world - even if he didn't coin the phrase it became a signature of all his shows - here, one recipe - dear to Cornish fishermen in that it is for Hake, which, at the time of writing the book, was not landed in great quantities as netting for this fish was in its infancy in the south west.

Just Feasible

A lick of paint has the Feasible looking good in the evening sunlight......
dinghys go head-to-head just off the harbour at Penzance......
the Tranquility makes a landing, though they are still waiting for some company when the Crystal Seaa II returns from Scotland.......
chilled water leaves the refrigertaed lorry.......
the harbour punt is getting its annual makeover.