Signs that there might be some light precipitation in the offing..,
not that that will bother Scotty and his new command, the Falmouth registered, Our Rachel...
and there's a fine set of tatts aboard her...
a good mix of net, trawl and inshore trawl graced Bay 1 of the market...
with hake from the Stelissa...
and Silver Dawn...
landings of John Dory have not been what they were in previous years...
especially for the inshore guys who land the biggest mix of species...
let's hope the octopus on the right don't get to devour the crawfish on the left as they have been doing with lobsters in the pots...
excellent trip of ray from the Millenia...
good to see a landing from the Keriolet on the market again...
line caught bass...
and plenty of line-caught bluefin tuna including a three-haul landing from the Huers...
sea urchins, known to an older generation in Mousehole and St Ives as 'zarts'...
as explained in Morton Nance's Glossary of Cornish Sea-words...
that most summery of Mediterranean fish, the red mullet...
after the success of the inaugural Cornish Sardine Festival, the boats were straight back out to sea to keep their customers happy...
Newlyn is renowned for providing interesting light...
it's why the artists who created the Newlyn School came here...
all those years ago...
to capture such moments on canvas...
one of the Admirals is in town...
and the one that got demoted...
the Crystal Sea set against a foreboding looking sky...
as are the big visiting yachts...
many of whom might just decide to hang around for a few hours to see what develops.
