After last night's blow....

Alongside the market, the Dora Rosa has her landing gear up....
off Penzance promenade and with a swell running, a Mount's Bay gig gets in some late-season practice under the watchful gaze of the MCA's Anglian Princess.....
heave! - five boxes at a time go into the market fridge ready for Monday's auction....
the Ma Grinole, running on corn.....
as ever, the boys from Celtic Scaffolding get stuck in erecting platforms for this year's Christmas lights
there's a tree on the ice works already.....
and Santa's on his way!

Cornwall Visual Arts Forum at The Centre, Newlyn

Running from 9am to 3.30pm, the latest Cornwall Visual Arts Forum is being hosted by The Centre up 'Paul Hill', for those of you who know where that is!.....
Seems that one household has access to their own solar power supplies these days!
Mark makes his way back to the Triton to land his catch....
one of three boats landing, the other two being crabbers of course....
down the new quay a stray box advertises the port to passers by.....
on Newlyn Green our new friend watches over PZ199, the Algrie as she makes her way to the gaps....
and minutes later the guys are busy servicing the running gear......
the new whaleback nears completion on the crabber to be.

Ten years go this week....

Crew from the visiting ex-sidewinder Hatherleigh get the lowdown on the new crab boat being built from the hull of the Sarah Shaun...
On the news today, pollack sales are up 44% according the latest figures thanks to TV chefs promoting the fish - all good news for the guys who catch line caught pollack!
down the new quay, the George Johannes gets her derrick hanging blocks greased....

it's a Thursday market, and a quiet one at that, the western end of the market with not a box of fish in sight..... Nelwyn's fisherman's memorial looks out over the bay in the early hours, its ten years ago this week that local beam trawler, Margaretha Maria went down south of the Lizard, with the loss of all hands.

Morlaix registered trawler Cap Frehel makes her way into Newlyn for repairs.

Pressure!

Up on the slip in the early hours after landing this morning, PZ999 the Jannie En Klaas gets a scrub on the bottom....
on the auction floor Mr Murley gets to talk fish as one of the Jannie En Klaas' cod watches from below.....
this was another one of those days with more empty boxes than full ones on the market floor - Wednesday is always a bad day for export fish because of the transport logistics....it might be well into November, but with the sea temperature around 13 degrees C the Battery Rock swimmers are out in force!

Ice 'n go

The Cornwall Ice Company can supply ice directly to boat alongside the quay or, as in the case here, to a waiting lorry.....for those boats too large to get alongside or for when the tide is wrong.....
another Saturday landing for the crabbing fleet.....
and aboard the Ajax, Jemimah indicates with his fingers to the iceworks how many tonnes of ice is needed.

Quiet night

With a fresh wind still blowing, the first for weeks, the Crystal Sea II waits alongside the ice works conveyor.

Penzance Dock action....

PZ195 shares a berth with a luxury cruiser in Penzance Dry Dock
and over the road fresh Newlyn crab sandwiches are on offer....
ex-Breton trawler still undergoing houseboat conversion in the wet dock...
while the Plymouth University research boat Plymouth Quest continues wwith her refit....
gangway!
over in Newlyn, the Ajax lands mid-tide with another netting trip under her belt, though there is no sign of her sister ship the Carol H going back to sea after her skipper moved on.