Sunday and still fresh.

 High water and the dock side slip and road are awash in Penzance......

 where the Scillonian's bow almost touches the dry dock offices.......

 over-topping, as it is known to geographers......

 catch the latest exhibition at PZ Gallery.......

 with additional pieces........

 up-coming shows........

 and comfortable seating on offer.......

 the Dock Inn, the only pub in town with a cider garden.......

 make a date at the Union Hotel for a talk on subsea survey work entitled Marine Imaging from Neil Wood, teaching fellow at Camborne School of Mines.......

 not much chance of the Battery Rock swimmers taking to the water this morning.......

just about to enter the gaps.

Cruise ship, Costa Concordia sinks off Tuscany coast.

The final track of the Costa Concordia (which moved out of AIS range from the port of Civitavecchia) which sank on Friday night after leaving the island of Giglio........

with her last known berths recorded.

Bitter breeze.

 Breaking sun......

 breaking seas.......

 window on the world at the Newlyn Orion Gallery......

 watching all points across the bay.......

 as the gulls take to the air.......

 watching the sunken Italian cruise liner story unfold on the news in the Mission........

 dedicated screens in the wheelhouse....... 

 keep the skipper informed.......

 with everything he needs just a keystroke away........

 including AIS which has just picked up the William Stevenson heading for home across the Bay.....

 meanwhile out on the deck the gear needs repairs before she can sail again......

 with both beam trawls getting the once over....... 

 kept off the quay by the breeze.......

landing time for Lamorna.

Fishy Friday finds fish market full.

 Mid tide landing from the netter Gary M gives Sam from Cefas plenty of work........

 sampling otoliths from big white fish like this ling........

 which have an unusual shape........

 a trail of black ink leads to tubs of cuttles.......

 good fishy trips of trawl fish from the beam trawl fleet include half a dozen boxes of red mullet.......

 all making good money with the buyers this morning.......

 outside the temperature gives the ice works a plume in its cap......

 as a big moon lights up the morning sky over the Asthore.......

out in the Bay, lights from RNAS Culdrose and a few boats leaving the harbour can be seen on the horizon as the loom from the morning sun begins to brighten up the sky.

Wrong turn.

Emergency services were called out to an incident in Newlyn around 11pm when a car narrowly avoided crashing through the railings on to the harbour quay below.

Working the Irish way.

The green arrow marks the spot - well the approximate area the the Newlyn gill netter Ajax currently finds herself working. After several trips working west side of the Scillies the fish (hake) appear to have moved Northwards to the Kinsale rigs area as reported by skipper Alan on Tuesday. At times the netting fleet have to spend several days searching for fish if they have moved from an expected fishing ground.

SOS Penlee lifeboat - on yer bikes!

SOS - raising cash for much needed new lifejackets at a cost of £700 each.

This year's SOS day will see five hardy souls from the Penlee Lifeboat crew stretch their calf muscles as they cycle the 125 miles from Plymouth RNLI station to Newlyn via a tortuous coastal route taking in Looe, Fowey, Falmouth and the Lizard station visits on the way!  Like many lifeboat crews, this year's SOS event is being used to raise the cash required for new lifejackets that come in at over £700 each.

Out in all kinds of weather, the crews need every bit of protection from the salty waters off the Cornish coast they can get.

On the same day, January 28th,  Sennen, Port Isaac, Looe and the Lizard lifeboat stations will be running their own events all in the aid of new lifejackets for their respective crews. The lifeboat t on the Lizard will give the public its first chance to see inside the brand new building. Around the coast all stations will be busy engaged in similar events, popular among the crews is the annual car wash - 'Soap our Saloons' as the boys at Swanage RNLI call it at their local Jewsons' builders store.