Rememberance Sunday at Newlyn

The rowing gig Portheras heads in through the gaps after a testing training session in heavy swell conditions.....
"keep the home fires burning", a bonus for trawlers working in some areas is the amount of sea-coal still to be had from fishing handy to wrecks....
in the foreground, the beamer Filadelphia on the slip with, what was once a common site, is a coaster (from JST Services in Ayr) alongside the stone quay - the captain had asked to come into the port as they were rolling through 25° in the heavy swell sat out in the Bay - she's en route from Plymouth to Waterford......
a tarpaulin covering the bagged net gear strains in the stormy conditions.....
forever carved in stone, the names of local men lost during both wars last century....
wreaths laid in memory to those local men who gave their lives in war surround the base of the memorial outside the Mission in Newlyn.

Star Inn role

Debbie will see that young Mr Hicks knows how to celebrate in style, or just ask Bruce......
not the Mystery on the pub sign but the Rosebud, but that's another story and a fascinating insight into how one part of Newlyn was changed forever......
at the end of 40 fathom combination bridles languishes the
Crytal Sea II......
also from St Ives, the Dignity is here for the winter....
after attempting the Indian rope trick, it's time for the St Georges to move....
landing on Saturday morning ahead of the weather.......

as Harveys pick up the crab stocker.

Prime fish and more paint and pots

A late landing for Barney Thomas' Ajax......

reminding the buyers that the monk tails aboard the Sadia Louise having been kept in slush ice are A1 quality...

at 13p a tag this fishermen need to know that his line caught fish will make top-dollar...

Friday's market had fish end-to-end....

and included boxes of 7-8 kilo hake from the netter Ben My Chree....

these should be called golden mullet, such is the quality...

rare variety of black speckled gurnards...

not many cuttles about at the moment...

haddock in perfect condition from the netter Sowenna...

almost there with the paint job on the Emma Louise...

heavy skies with heavy showers on the way...

JST Services from Ayr is at anchor in the Bay...

some final touches involve still more welding aboard the crabber.

Paint and pots.

Waiting for new tenants, the Abbey Slip development.....
and waiting for a soaking, the new pots aboard the Emma Louise.

Hot off the press - Fish

The ideal Christmas present for the chef-cook in your life!

Served up at a breakfast launch today in the restaurant Tom's Kitchen, Fish - a new cookbook written by the chef Tom Aikens. A must for any seafood fan, especially as many of the dishes for this book were inspired by Tom Aikens' work with fishermen down here in Cornwall. This is more than just a collection of fish recipes, it includes sections in detail on the preparation and handling of fresh fish and shellfish through to catching, handling and observations on many apsects of the industry in its current setting.

With many fishermen keen to supply chefs and other outlets with tagged and traceable fish the book explores the developing relationship between the catcher and the customer. For anyone in the industry, there are plenty of familiar faces and scenes to be seen in the specially commissioned photography used in this lavishly illustrated book!

We can thank Keith Floyd back in the mid 1980s with his series 'Floyd on Fish' for being the first chef of any repute for starting the ball rolling - we saw him escape from the kitchen to celebrate cooking with the people whom actually catch fish for a living - especially in Cornwall. Floyd the gastronaut's sense of adventure, enthusiasm and willingness to broaden people's culinary experience made a lasting impact - if you can get hold of a copy of the paperback 'Floyd on Fish' (a BBC publcation) you'll see how things have developed.

Not a breath

A late-night-ice for the Geordie boys on the Valhalla....
in a clear berth, the tug Vulcan from Falmouth waits for sailing orders....
not to be missed, a celebration of the Arts in Newlyn from the 5th of November to the 9th this weekend....
Tom looks out over a Bay with not a breath of wind.....
as Robin Turner holds court again with a visiting group on their tour of the port....
modern versions of what are known, for obvious reasons, as 'inkwell' pots.....
boxes of bait to go and a few bongos of crab come ashore....

on go the backing ropes, a maiden trip draws ever nearer!

The spirit encouters the tall ship Gorch Foch heading for Maderia

Enjoy some photos and a video clip from the Spirit of Mystery on their website now that the guys have sussed how to transmit using the satcom kit aboard the boat! With rather more than a gale of wind forecast, information courtesy of the passing tall ship Gorch Foch , Pete Goss decided to be prudent and hole up under the lee of a large rock, off the north east of Madeira. Unusually, when this satellite image was taken of the island it inluded a visible contrail from an aeroplane overhead!