In Penzance, patron saint St Piran promotes piscatorial pleasure

Cornish flagged streets in Penzance herald St Piran's Day.......

as market business gets under way, prime Dovers......

razor clams......

and one less John Dory for the Imogen II to catch later this year.......

stick to the hake Ajax says Mr Nowell.......

even the waste oil is treated to an environmentally sensitive exit from the port these days......

one man and his dog walk Newlyn Green as the sun begins its daily toil.......

the intensely patriotic fish and chip shop at the top of Penzance's oldest street, Causewayhead has matching Cornish colours twixt flag and name board.

Cool Marazion in colour

One of the oldest town in the country is Marazion.......

where even the Post Office has its creative side.......

round the corner in the Market House Gallery there are some excellent examples of reasonably priced Newlyn Copper for that unusual gift......

with a strong nautical theme.......

 evident in most of the pieces......

across the road a gallery with an excellent selection of highly collectable Glynn Macey originals and prints at affordable prices inside the Out-of-the-Blue Gallery........

down the road and the Mount immediately makes its presence felt under the afternoon sun......

with plenty of beach to enjoy when the tide is still out.......

watched over by a pair of cavorting dolphins.......

the spotless sand provides one of the safest beaches in Cornwall.......

despite the screaming Northerly beeze........

giving rise to plenty of beach combing for anyone needing to collect examples of flotsam and jetsam for art groups.......

and a host of clouds to conjure flying by......

with shadows........

and patterns galore.......

and buried treasure of sorts......

make it easy to uncover all sorts of patterns......

and textures at every step........

of the cycleway.........

up the hill by Penzance Station there's fine local seafood on offer for the discerning traveller.

Cefas Endeavour away again to the North Sea

Why the compass rose?

After a brief stop back at base in Lowestoft, the Cefas Endeavour is back at at sea and has resumed her MCZ Characterization survey. Follow this section of her current tour of duty and read the first post from seagoing Paul on board.

Sennen to Land's End and back - under 3 miles.

Wayward fish boxes at work on the quiet in Sennen Cove.......

with the local fleet of punts pulled well up the slip.......

as heavy seas pound the rocky shore.......

giving Sunday's hardy walkers plenty to enjoy close at hand......

with the odd surprise in store for the unwary.......

round the corner the size of the ground sea can be judged from the waves breaking in the shallower water of  Gramper bay......

where the RMS Mulheim ran aground almost eight years ago today.......

time for a  round of teas, the walker's perfect accompaniment....... 

high above, a portent of dampness filling the skies over the Longships and beyond......

before heading back via the cycle path to the car park at the far end of Sennen.........

View Short walks Sennen and Marazion in a larger map

Saturday morning in Newlyn, Ajax in, Ajax out.

What was once Wilkin's Estate Agents is now small art gallery on opposite the fish and chip shop in Newlyn......

more art work on offer at the Star Inn.......

empty net pounds in the stern of the Ajax means her gear is still at sea, after landing 150 boxes mostly of hake and taking a few tonnes of ice she will head straight back out to sea again to land for Tuesday's market....... 

meanwhile the boys wait for Matt to get back........

signs of Spring have been around for  a few weeks now.

Newlyn auction action

It's all ears on the auctioneer as WS&S' Ian Oliver raises the price of prime fish on Friday's fish market.

New fishing course for Cornwall's young unemployed

Youth charity The Prince's Trust is calling on unemployed young people from Cornwall to join a new fishing course to help them into work. This comes as more than one in six young people in Cornwall are unemployed (17%). The Trust is looking for unemployed 16-25-year-olds to take part in a free, three-week Get into Fishing programme, running in Newlyn from 5th March. 


The Seafish accredited course will be delivered by Seafood Cornwall Training, Cornwall's dedicated fish industry training school based in Newlyn and will provide candidates with an introduction to the commercial fishing industry. Those attending the course will learn about onboard procedures, navigation and watch keeping, stability and basic engineering as well as receiving practical tuition in rope work, knots, net mending and fishing gear construction. Young people completing the three week programme will receive a Seafish introduction to fishing certificate for new entrants to the commercial fishing industry, as well as STCW 95 qualifications in Personal Survival Techniques and Elementary First Aid, Seafish certificates in Health & Safety and Fire Fighting and Prevention at Sea and a nationally recognised food hygiene qualification.