Six am and the sky is high in the sky...
and it's smiles all round on the market this morning as all hands celebrate another milestone in the life of young Nicky 'Noddy' Cripps - he's 62 today.
Noddy (so called as, in his youth, he bore more than a passing resemblance to a certain Mr Holder of glam-rock band Slade fame) has been managing Stevenson's market team since he stopped fishing and is respected throughout the fishing community for his legendary bonhomie and uncomplaining, infectious good humoured approach to his work...meanwhile, on the market this morning...
plenty of quality inshore fish from young Roger Nowell's Angelina and the Millenia...
while the netters, Stelissa...
and Silver Dawn put ashore mixed shots of large white fish and MSC Certified hake...
while the beam trawler Sapphire II filled the grader chill room...
with quality flats and monk tails...
the buyers keen to get the sale over and done with in order to share some of Noddy's cake...
if he let them!