Snow

More like a dusting of icing on a cake, Newlyn gets some snow for the first time this year.....
with the quay glistening under the lights.....
a couple of visiting Brixham beamers landed.....
looks like Dave Barron's, Newlyn's historic newsagent has a well insulated roof space.

Troika pottery - another story

Here's one reason that interest has arisen in the possibility of fake Troika pottery ware coming on to the market - see what happend when a charity shop worker 'up country' sent a Troika vase to auction!

A tale of two divers

With not only the boats sheltering from the weather and attracting a bit of attention from twitchers, this Great Northern Diver is one of half a dozen or so in port, seen here with a local herring gull and cormorant.....
the Roseland at low water.....

while up the harbour there are a small number of oil retaining booms that have been rigged to capture any oil fom the stricken boat that may be floating on the surface under the quay.

Despite the forecast

The Crystal Sea II takes ice watched by a handful of young anglers....
it was fundraising day for the RNLI and the Swordfish was doing its bit to support......
as the grub goes aboard these guys know they are in for a bumpy ride with a big sea running and worse forecast....
the Ajax sits low in the water having just taken on her ice for the next tide's netting trip.

Cornwall tops the call-outs and shouts for the RNLI in their busiest year ever

Seems the weather last year helped to up the number of shouts for our worthy friends aboard the Ivan Ellen and other lifeboats boats up and down the South West's coastline. Falmouth's all-weather boat was called out 104 times while the Ivan Ellen's shouts were 23 more than the previous year. See the full story here.

Heavy drizzle

Back in port and landing in heavy drizzle being swept across the deck, the Cornishman returns from her gannet mission.....
and with the weather blowing them back in after a few hauls this fish is in top condition....
so too for the Crystal Sea II who's fish are now safely aboard a lorry from OceanFish and bound for PTA in Plymouth.....

at last, with the advent of a tide big enough to allow the fisroom hatch to be cleared, the Roseland has been successfully pumped out, re-floated and moved to a safe drying-out berth up the harbour.

No expense spared for a young gannet!

When it comes to animal welfare and the Brits, anything vaguely furry, fluffy or feathery comes out on top. This week a young gannet aftre being rescued by the Navy made the journey from ship off Scotland (HMS Gannet of course) to shore and then via helicopter to RNAS Culdrose before being ferried to the bird sanctuary at Mousehole for some serious R&R. After recovery the release was filmed as the bird was put aboard Stevnson's flagship beam trawler, the Cornishman (maybe that's why she had her day signal replaced!) and then ferried off out to sea for release.

Footnote: The RSPCA was founded in 1824 and the NSPCC was founded 60 years later in 1884 and, to this day, the welfare of our children do not have 'Royal' approval.