Early Thursday morning and SAR are out after a swimmer got into difficulties off Longrock beach - luckily for the swimmer, they were rescued by a walker who managed to keep her afloat until the RNLI's IRB arrived - all's well that ends well...
yet another start to the day with gorgeous light...
filling the harbour...
and changing by the minute...
Newlyn has been ahead of the recycling game for some time now - all old gill nets go this way...
it's paint-up time for the Francesca...
Johnny doing his bit in the harbour punt to see that the Billy Rowney gets alongside the fish market safely...
under the watchful eyes of skipper Moseley...
living proof - according to the Cornwall Fish Producers Organisation's recent report, for every one fisherman's job at sea there are 15 ashore...
early Thursday evening and Richard has just landed the day's catch from the Still Waters...
as Dan 'the sardine man' Downing gets to break the spell and the 5 weeks long drought of sardine landings sees the first of his 35 tons put ashore along with landings from the rest of the fleet, those who had not opted to head east to Falmouth and beyond looking for fish - that's fishing all over...
always good to see the next generation of fishermen down the harbour helping out...
with Mr Pascoe tagging every one of is line caught bass...
after a very long day with the lines working in a huge ground sea off Cape Cornwall...
beam trawl squid...
and monk livers ready for the Friday's market...
which saw yet another spectacular light show...
fill the harbour...
and change almost by the minute...
with that mix of contrasting hues...
of colours on opposing sides of the colour wheel...
though, as the sun loses face, the colour temperature cools to blue hues...
as reflected in those Falfish tubs of sardines from the fleets previous night's efforts...
young Tom, having made it back from a trip away to the eastward, managed to get back in the Bay and fill the tanks just before daybreak was now in to land...
the boys on the Mayflower were lucky (and happy) enough to pick up a £3000 bluefin in their ring net, that's more than their catch of sardines was worth in total...
FishyFriday's market was another good mix of fish like these inshore lobsters...
that special mix of flats and monk from the big beam trawler...
and even a few greater weavers...
in the spreading drizzle and uncomfortable seas, the Inter-Nos heads for the gaps
hats off to the man with titanium legs and cahoonas of steel, for being the only small boat out at dawn this morning in this weather...
as the Charlotte Clare fills and ices her tubs of sardines...
they don't come more frsh than this, the octopus bloom is still only too apparent, good noews in the short term for the crabbing fleet but serious concern for next year as shellfish catches crash in many areas..
out with the pressure washer to clean off below the waterline...
the famous Star Inn is getting a makeover.
