Post Office provides al-fresco dining for the patrons of the Star

Some wag has provided additional seating for the patrons of the Star Inn outside the Post Office this morning.....
half a dozen Porbeagle sharks keep an eye on one of DEFRA staff sample the fish landed....
another visiting film crew have plenty to shoot on a busy market....
though we are not too sure why Robert George has taken up such a defensive position talking to the journalist....

another CEFAS member Sam is sampling otoliths from plaice....the rings, which enable the lab back at Lowestoft, are clearly visible.

65 and out

Waiting patiently for a landing space under the crane, Quentin on the Sea Spirit.....
ex-Lowestoft fisherman Steven Leach gets to do the mending ashore waiting for his son on the Achieve to arrive.....
one of the young bloods steams away from the market....
while another retrieves a few boxes from the water...
holding on to his cap, master GRP boat builder Danny Downing powers his punt away from the market - if you need anything doing in GRP on the boat - he's your man.......
Quentin finally gets under the crane to hoist his boxes ashore ....
down the New Quay aboard the Cornishman after landing there is much work to do on the gear....
so the gas axe is put to good use to cut away the fishing line.....
which involves a little cooling down process, the man with the hose is celebrating today...
so it's a last chance to leave his mark aboard the boat.....
for Rob on his 65th birthday, it's finally time to heave on the gear for the last time and throw his bag ashore for good!.....
the transport has arrived for the Crystal Sea II and Valhalla....
making good use of the shelterdeck rails to store some spare buffs....
the Achieve makes it to the market where father Leach will undoubtedly lend a hand to land and leave the mending for later.

Early birds get the shots

Pin-up Stevenson's auctioneer Ryan has a word with the photo shoot team on the market.....
time to let go the ends on the Elisabeth Veronique......
the Carol H has opted to split her netting trip and obviously hopes to catch some good prices on Thursday's market, probably the best export market day of the week for hake and other fish bound for Spanish or French markets......
plenty of pollack on the market this morning kept all hands on their toes......
quality inshore trip from the FY registered Harvester.....

on the pontoons, the ex-Salcombe Watson class lifeboat has been joined the Tyne class all-weather boat from Bibby in Yorkshire.

Visitors welcome!

Ex-Salcombe Watson Class lifeboat lovingly maintained by Frank Swallows gets the once over from Edwin, ex-cox of the Penlee lifeboat.....
she has some stylish seating arrangement up for'ard.....
aboard the late-season yacths its the girls that get to go off and do the shopping it seems...
a good sign, the New Quay is devoid of boats....
on both sides!......
still bringing in the visitors with its largely Italian & Meditaranean menu.....
the Pizza Patio housed in the old Newlyn Laundry also provides alfresco eating......
on the menu this week chez 'through the gaps' following Seafoods campaign to encourage us to eat fish at least twice a week - fillets of haddock in a light Thai curry sauce served with soba japanese noodles ......

along the rode the gallery is now sporting a new flag pole to atract viewers.

Another Newlyn waterboy wins an award - but this time it's not for fishing

Yet another Newlyn Bucca scoops an award - this time it's the turn of globe-trotting surf photographer Mickey Smith, who has just won the prestigious British Isles Surfing Hotshot Photographer award at this year's Surfstock festival - read more here. He's kept good company over the years with other recognisable names from the local quayside - check out the connection between this vessel that once provided a living from marine salvage for the old man of fellow surfer Jack Johns.

It's a scalloper thing

This Phillipino crewman from the visiting Troon registered Scottish boat Olivia Jean will no doubt be enjoying the more temperate climate down in the Western Approaches as he welds the dredge bar back together.....
below the quay, another Phillipino crew member crosses the enormous working deck to sort the delivery of spare tooth bars and dredge parts.....
on the quay for repair there are more bars awaiting repair....
the ex-beam trawler now has a new lease of life as a TN Trawlers scalloper.....
alongside Newlyn Art Gallery, a new installation is in the process of being erected.

Newlyn bathed in morning sunlight

The James RH is silhouetted against the rising sun over the slip......
take the dog and the bike for a run.....
its that gold-plated effect......
the Emma Louise is almost all white......
die-hard yella-wellies are still in evidence at the tail end of the sailing season.