Gone for gold

Most popular posts box in Penzance looks resplendent in the afternoon sun......

How annoying is it when someone points out a bit you missed?!.......

Some big French yachts take shelter in PZ dock........

it's a pretty blustery day at the pool.......

and time for the Sea Spray to get the other half of her hull scrubbed off.......

the best mackerel in the west.......

wondering what the collective noun for fish buyers is........

as the morning's fish auction draws to a close........

stacked and ready to go.......

a good haul of those hand line mackerel......

the last landing for the local beamer Chloe T which will soon be fishing from its new home of Brixham......

another bottom scrub sits on the quay.........

no prizes for guessing what this boat catches for a living, they are cast in steel on the bow.......

notes of congratulation in many of the Newlyn shops, home to team GB's first Olympic gold medal......

with special cheese on offer........

and a hugely impressive sign created for the window of the World Famous Jelbert's Ice Cream.......

they're coming to take him away haha........

nearly ready to open that bar......

more gold shining in the afternoon sun.

First Olympic gold Post Box in the UK - in Penzance!

The UK's first golden POst Box is being created outside the Dock Inn pub by Penzance Harbour in honour of rower Helen Glover's outstanding Olympic achievement yesterday - team GB's first gold medal and the first ever medal for women's rowing events.

The Post Office has also promised to put celebratory stamps on sale at the town's main post office toady - less than 24 hors after the medal was won - another first!

Get your Gold Olympic 99 at Jelbert's Ice Cream in Newlyn!

Grab one of those now world famous Olympic Gold 99s at Jelbert's in Newlyn and you too can be a top athlete like Helen Glover!

Fancy a pint in the first Olympic town of Newlyn? - Saturday opening for the Tolcarne Inn

New owner of the Tolcarne Inn at Newlyn, Michelin-starred chef Ben Tunnicliffe, says the pub will now re-open on Saturday at 12noon and not today. Call 01736 363074 for more details.

Golden girls -Team GB's first and it's Cornish Gold!

On your marks.......

after 500m, easy does it girls!.......

half way and already clear water from the rest of the field.......

 the girls are looking good.......

three quarters of the way there and well clear......

Glover's Gold - team GB over the line first!!!!

well done girls!

GOLD!!

Helen Glover - going for gold!

After the fish auction is over around 7.30am, all hands retired to the Mission for breakfast and a chance to catch up on the Olympic news with a keen interest in the sailing.......

There's liquid gold in Newlyn

but the whole of Newlyn and Cornwall will be glued to the TV around mid day when local girl, Helen Glover will be hoping to bring home GB's first gold medal of the games in the rowing doubles.......

the 'world famous Jelbert's' ice cream as the BBC called it the other morning is enjoyed by all!

Wednesday morning.

 Flying the fla

 The sun is just about breaking through heavy cloud cover this morning......

 as Cap'n Nudd tales the crabber ~Intiuition out for a day on the pots.....

 one of Newlyn's many merry mackerel men........

a  stonking turbot sold to the highest dder......

 and a fair few boxes of mackerel around........

 the green team crew moving at speed this morning......

 walking the Harvest Reaper back to her landing berth......

 one quay lampost trying to emulate the angle of the Blue Angel's derricks.......

 with a 1200hp ABC main engine burning 3,500 litres of fuel a day this swallow rig must be catching a serious amount of fish.......

 monks making money this morning.......

 then the rains came.......

 and cleared the decks save for a solitary gull.......

out through the gaps minus her derricks, the beamer Louisa N is bound for Polruan and the Toms shipyard.