Inspiration at last!

Slipping the lifting strops over the bow of the boat before using the small crane at the end of the New Quay....
lifts the Boy Dylan from the water onto the waiting trailer.......
that's an awful lot of scallops in the fuel tanker.....
a cold start for one of the beamers......
watched closely from the cab of the mobile crane.....
seems there's always one who draws the short straw and gets the underneath painting job......
last few jobs to do before sailing, taking new nets aboard the Gary M......
a visitor from Padstow waits for fuel alongside the market......
time to replace some of the blocks on the foremast of the beamer......


Sennen's lifeboat still in berth while the lifeboat house is re-built......
the Chivers snr & jnr check the morning's mackerel catch held in slush ice in an insulated tub.....
and the moment may have gone unnoticed by some in the port, but today saw the arrival after completion of her maiden voyage by the Inspiration fishing for the Pilchard Works under the command of Dick Eades......
attracting the attention of the local gull population.....
setting off in search of a gullet-sized fresh mackerel......
the start of a new neap tide sees the Silver Dawn head for the iceworks berth......
Dick gets a hand from another Barry.....
to get the Boy Brax's fish ashore.....
before hooking up the Inspiration's catch........
and hoisting it up to the quayside......
before the skipper makes it up himself to begin the process of......
sorting and grading the fish into small, medium, large medium and large - no jumbo mackerel at this time of year......
seems the boys are making a point about a small repair job needing to be done on the market cold store door....
time to get down on your knees and save your back.......
back down the quay, Silver Dory catcher, young Roger Nowell and Nigel begin to put together a new footrope.......
a spot of roof repair work for one of the stores gets underway.......
while out through the gaps sails the Gary M.......
another beamer derrick waits to be straightened.

Mizzly Monday morning

Hordes of hungry gulls surround the Dom Bosco as she takes on fresh bait......
pausing to stow the mackerel stripper on the way in....
the Ajax heads up the harbour for ice signalling the change in tides as the Springs give way to the Neaps.....
in contrast to the weekend, Monday misty morning......
and in day in poor visibility in store for the crabber as she heads through the gaps.

Reflections

Not quite sure what the attraction is in the oil drum for this young herring gull.....
not a ripple in the harbour on Easter Sunday morning matching the forecast for a glorious day.......
there are two of anything near the water.......
including Ollie stood outside the lifeboat house reflecting on the view, not a bad place to work from.....
one man and his trusty dog, Mousehole harbourmaster Edwin debates what to do with the huge boulder he picked up on his last trip.....
Chris Morley hauls his morning's work off to the cold store.....
the crisp and still conditions force a mist inland.......
while the divers take breakfast al fresco......
on the stern of the ex-beamer Everet Martje.... two of the happy crew wave themselves out through the gaps....

Mousehole

The start of what promises to be a weekend of fine weather......
so its no surprise to see Mr Morley heading out from the gaps to do a spot of handlining for early season mackerel.....
even a few boats are on the move over in Mousehole......
where visitors are confronted by a plethora of information around the bus stop area......
there's a fabulous view out across the island off Mousehole across to Britain's most Southerly point, the Lizard.....
a reminder from one of the few locals left in Mousehole as to the state of the nation........
all calm inside the harbour.....
and in the famous Ship Inn (home of Starry-Gazey Pie) there are still some vacant rooms available....
with any visitors in for a treat in the bar tonight if they are keen on a little rock'n'roll.....
a sign that things appear to be moving, literally for some people ot seems......
Father and son team aboard the Elisabeth Veronique, ably assissted by the on-board entertainments officer, Twinkle check the 60 fathom bridles are the same length.....
more wire waits for the boys on the giant scalloper, Jacoba......
maybe another set of injectors need doing.