Falmouth, Flushing and the Newlyn to Penzance One Mile swim.

Down with the derricks so that Bruv can supervise the greasing of the nipples on the running gear......

all change aboard the Emma Louise, the new Cummins hands suspended from a chain hoist above the engine bed......

out with the old.....

FalFish are kept busy with a good shot of Cornish Sardine from the ring net boats.....

all set for the Fish Festival this weekend when over 20,000 visitors are expected to attend......

about to let the Admiral go.....

over Falmouth way, a sea of masts at Mylor Yacht Harbour....

while over in Flushing they are looking after a few stray boxes.....

and alongside Flushing Quay, shining in the evening sun, the biggest Falmouth fishing vessel, Golden Fleece.......

back across Carrick Roads, is the home of the MCA's Falmouth Coastguard headquarter sitting just below the fortress that is Pendennis Castle.....

and the camouflaged and heavily reinforced gun emplacement that overlooks Falmouth Bay.......

Pendennis Shipyard alongside an empty dry dock.....

back in Newlyn, a record breaking 400+ swimmers make their way across the seafront in a heavy swell to compete in this year's Yacht Inn, Newlyn to Penzance One Mile swim for the McMillan Charity, an event in which in which Tony Stevenson of the fishing family who died earlier this year, swam in many times...... 

first home looking pretty cool, calm and collected.