Golowan's Quay Day first thing.

Chapel Street's olde booke shoppe always has a fine selection of local interest reading material.......

St Mary's church provided a resting place for some larte night revellers.........

Jubilee Pool provides the perfect place for poolside Proms........

the bunting is out on PZ Gallery........

with her trawl winch and net drums removed  the St Adrianne is about to undergo a major refit........

all set for Quay Day on Sunday as part of the Golowan Festival, luggers Guide Me, Barnabus and Ripple..........

Penzance's permanent pirate waits for the big day........

as does the good ship Ocean Warden.........

waiting for the fog to lift before the expected mini-heatwave!

Golowan and the Classic Quarter.

Cornish tartan directing early morning Golowan traffic....... 

Mr  and Mrs.........

a ride not for the feint-hearted..........

on the count of three.........

a happy bunch of pirates have hove in to the port.......

something for the kids as well........

Lane's the auctioneers have an interesting picture sale coming up.......

featuring local views........

and a close-up of the star of the auction catalogue.......

when in need of replenishing store.......

though they offer more than just fish and chips it seems.........

passing along Penzance prom, runners competing in the 200+ entry Classic Quarter, a run not for the feint-hearted that starts at the Lizard at 6am and finishes at Land's End, when you get there.......

an early solo runner passes Newlyn Mission.

Let go the ends.

Grande Saint Bernard in Newlyn this morning.

The MMO assisted by H.M. Navy personnel brought the Grand Saint Bernard into Newlyn this morning.

Friday night's fishy feast - a little ray of sunshine.

 This is a job for the fishmonger - but if you do end up with a whole ray first off, trim the two wings.......

 and discard the centre body piece (no good for stock as the ray is a member of the shark family and has cartilaginous 'bones' - great for kids though as they can be eaten!)......

 now the tricky bit, take the tail end of the wing (belly side up) and slip a thin knife blade between the flesh and the upper rough skin.........

 once you have a start of a few centimeteres, use a te towel or paper towel to grip the flesh and pull it off the skin - just like a Dover sole.......

 you'll end up with two clean ray 'wings'........

 on with the chips.......

 down they come.......

hard to beat good ol' fish 'n chips!

Fishy Friday - ray, chips 'n mushy peas!

What's in a name?

Popular among fishermen only for use as bait - undoubtedly, the lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) has more colloquial names for it than any other fish that swims in the sea - they are amongst the smallest members of the shark family. The flesh when cooked is a dull pink inclour and firm - its larger brother, the spur-dog was a popular choice in the fish and chip shops of London where it is/was better known as Rock Salmon - a popluar choice to give children as being a member of the shark family means there are no bones to deal with! The skinof these fish are still used in cosmetics and in medicine to dry or clot wounds.

In Newlyn they are referred to as mergys (phonetic spelling). According to R Morton Nance's definitive  work on the subject, A Glossary of Cornish Sea-Words, the correct spelling is morgy - derived from the two Cornish works mor, sea and ky, dog.

Extracted from R Morton Nance's 'Glossary of Cornish Sea-words'.

In the Clyde, or at least in Girvan they are called, Blind Lizzies. No doubt the Isle of Wight has a variation?