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Monday, 31 March 2025

It's all go in Penzance and Newlyn!



A fine start to the week...

with plenty of fish filling the market this morning...


head-on monk from the visiting Scottish prawners...


big bug-eyed ling...


and a fridge full if inshore line caught fish...


and eight-leggers...


there was solid mackerel fishing over the weekend for the punt men...


while netters like the Ajax...



Ocean Pride...

and Ygraine filled their fishrooms with hake...


and the big beamer landed a good shot of Dovers...


and a few pollack...



what do drivers do when they are not driving?..


go for a cuppa of course in the ice works tea house...


before their wagons are loaded...


Resource Centre in action...


it's closing time in PZ wet dock...


first 2025 season weekday trip for the Scillonian III...


Penzance wet dock is busy this morning...

 after playing host to the 60m luxury yacht, Akula registered in Bloody Bay


loading the Scilly boat...


the Guardian is in for some light work...


while the Dry Dock undergoes a massive refit...


Arnie keeps up the fitness levels with plenty of fresh fruit, must have taken a leaf from his La Rochelle rugby playing son's diet sheet...


the Gry Maritha basking in the morning sun prior to oading...



as is the Admiral...


Plymouth Marine Laboratory's, Plymouth Quest almost six months after entering the dock for a few repairs and a little refit...


is due to undergo sea trials this week, which should put even bigger smiles on these two old salt's faces