All in day's work!

Summer treat as the sun goes down.

Sennen's beach plays host to one of the best sited restaurants in Cornwall. Since the Spring of this year when Newlyn chef Ben Tunnicliffe took on the Beach restaurant not only can you now enjoy the very best in local fish...

with starters like the classic moules mariniere (or two other ways)...

an Asian twist with scallops and pak choi...

main dishes like turbot...

and ray wing with superbly succulent capers...

all to be enjoyed while entertained by one of nature's wonders...

looking out over Sennen Bay watching the sun go down.

STA Lord Nelson making a run for Whitby.

Last few workings on the bow of the boat adding the rigging...

the sky...

and the sea ahead of the boat...

sails all set and ready for framing.

#FishyFriday feast - crab and lobster bisque coming Dreckly!

A variation on Susan Hicks' bisque recipes...

Take two lobster and a spider crab and give them 20 minutes on the boil, dice carrot, celery, onion, garlic, season well then soften in olly oil add 220g chopped toms, tomato puree and 2L of fish stock...

cool and crack the shellfish, break up all the shells and cook them off with olly oil in a fry pan to release the flavour - pour some of the stock over to pick up all the juices and flavour and add to the soup base along with the shells and picked meat...

after 30 minutes strain the whole lot thoroughly through a sieve and add cream, creme fraiche or yoghurt and make a spicy chili rouille to accompany well buttered bread.

Nice one Andrew ;-)

Fans of #FishyFriday

The Trinity service ship is at anchor now...

after steaming out of the English Channel down to Mount's Bay...

to service the Runnelestone Buoy which marks a reef south of Gwennap Head...

in quieter waters now...

the business of data gathering is in progress...

amidst a solid trip of monks, megs, Dovers and lemon soles from the Twilight, Sapphire II and other trawlers...

a single grey gurnard stands out amongst hie red cousins...

if it's #FishyFriday 's it's fish identification day, without the aid of colour today...

this nosey pair...

these guys are common on Sennen beach...

while these guys are bot so common these days...

no mistaking these hake for the Govenek of Ladram...

at last!, signs of summer in the shape of an abundance (relatively speaking)...

 of the elusive mackerel...

quite a few sharks in the frame...

these livers from which fish? make amazing fois gras...

a turbot with a desire to become the same both sides, both these fish are belly side up...

making her way to land to a lorry...

the boys on the foredeck get ready to throw a line ashore...

but someone has to get there quick to take it...

the guys on the St Georges are the lucky ones with their brand new washer, conveyor and automated gutting table...

while others have to contend with the more traditional wooden pound boards at deck height and an aluminium box to gut and wash the fish in...

not like the boys on the Twilight.

The old sea dog.

Keeping an eye on things...

the sharp end and the blunt end both high out of the water with ice and fuel to take on...

the sort of buff most fishermen are familiar with...

high water on a big tide means the Serene Dawn can get across to the net loft to take off nets..

someone had made a hole in the side of the old iceworks...

coming in to the iceworks berth...

is the flagship of the fleet.

Joint tow by the Lizard and Penlee lifeboats

Cezembre entering Newlyn on a previous occasion.

The French trawler Cezembre fouled her propeller last night...

AIS tracking data courtesy of VesselTracker

and was first picked up and towed by the Lizard lifeboat who then rendezvoused with the Ivan Ellen about 8 miles south of Newlyn and passed over the tow back to Newlyn. The Cezembre sailed again early this morning to continue fishing some 25 miles south of Newlyn.