Painting Party 2012 - slideshow to see

Click on the image for a slideshow of this year's Painting Party on the quay.

Painting party ready to go!

Painting Day preparations.

 Left on the promenade, looks like someone bought more than they could swallow......

 sanctioned graffiti by One and All......

 this month's art exhibition at the Tolcarne Inn, Newlyn........ 

 Hilda Richards donated this model of the Rosebud to the Mission in recognition of the boats epic voyage up the Thames to petition parliament over housing demolotion in Newlyn.......

 a must for all those handy with a cue and a chance to take on Cowandickie.......

 three luggers all set for Painting Day........

 and a chance to scrub all those bottoms.......

 before applying the anti-fouling........

 just a reminder for those who are not aware.......

 hake's on the menu at The Fish Shop......

 sign of the times.......

 the old Waghorns shop gets a facelift.......

and the old Badcocks Gallery building is up for grabs in a prominent trading position in Newlyn - would make a fine fish restaurant?

Hard life

One from the archives of Phil Lockley.

This shot was taken aboard a Brixham beam trawler around 1986 at the end of a trip - looks like it was a hard one!

Bag a Bernard Evans bargain!

It's Cornish maritime season at 9 Chapel Street.

sent from my iPhone.

Well done guys! - Through the Gaps hits 500 readers!

Onwards and upwards! - after 2,795 posts the number of 'Through the Gaps' fishy followers broke though the 500 barrier yesterday as the blog continues its inexorable rise in reader numbers - excellent news for all those boats who land their fish on the market at Newlyn - a sure sign that more and more buyers, merchants, chefs and fishmongers are turning their attention via the blog to source information and news of the quality fish sold at auction on Newlyn fish market. Live updates to both Twitter and Facebook pages are posted from the blog automatically.


Here's an example below from top London wet fish shop, the Chelsea Fishmonger's Twitter page showing the reaction from customers now that the Ajax has her own web site to add to the interest! Never mind action from the Trawlermen north of the border, there's plenty to follow down this end of the country!

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@AjaxAH32 customers are now asking for hake caught on your boat. You must be doing something right!

Fishy Friday here again

While the Cornish Sardine season draws to a close it's time for some some work aboard the White Heather........

cod are never going to win the Miss Marine World.......

in the red and in the black.......

they always look such happy beasts do the red gurnard.......

the cuttles are still thick on the ground for the beam trawlers.......

signs of the scallop season emerge, freshly painted Golden Promise all set for the summer......

with a tidy set of seven dredges a side.....

the rope in the net hauler shows how the middle roller provides the tension against the other two rollers when hauling.......

rings of the ring net.......

knockdown outside the Mission.