Big strong cat.

 Unusual heavy duty aluminium cat in Penzance wet dock....

 guess the beamer bound a way.....

 a chance to pick up some gear bargains.....

bought as seen, a single scallop taken from a bag and opened to show the quality for the benefit of the buyers.

Travel back in time.

It's straight out of the archive library, untill you look carefully and spot harbourmaster Andrew at the helm of the harbour workboat...

Newlyn will be looking to increase the number of newer boats of this class in the future.....

a perfect end to the day......

there's a retrospective at the PZ Gallery of work by local architect Barrie Briscoe.

What might have been a Christmas treat.

Heat and gut your fresh sardines......

wash and leave to drain......

prepare a crock of sea water (if you can get it) with a chopped onion and a handful of small tatties - - these local ones came from Helston courtesy of Lovells greengrocers in Newlyn.......

carefully lift the fish out whole......

and pull the flesh away, then be prepared for a most succulent and mouth watering experience - recipe courtesy of Margaret Courtney taken from her book, Cornish Feats and Folk-Lore - the best things in life aren't always free but this dish comes close.

Fishing for litter.

There seems to be a never ending supply of old sailing ships' anchors that are frequently picked up in trawl gear - this one had the Nellie's name on it seems!

Trial cooking.

Sea water, mackerel and taties, doesn't come more simple than that......

just before they were split, straight out of the pot, headed and gutted mackerel boiled in sea water.......

a fillet of ling dry cured in salt.

Kelynack family in Newlyn.

Following on from the photos sent in by Margeret Mackintosh here is evidence of the Kelynack family in Newlyn from the War Memorial outside the Mission in Newlyn - with two members of the family recorded on the plaque.

Your port needs you! - where are all the keen young fishermen?

So that's were the Dew-Genen-Ny's boxes went.......

 time to let go the bow rope on the Govenek of Ladram.......

 and carefully position the buffs while skipper Phil comes hard astern to spring the boat away from the fish market......

 surprisingly for a good earning boat, there's still a berth going aboard the Sea Spray with skipper Dave reduced this trip to taking wife Sam to sea to cover - where have all the young fishermen gone? - call the man himself on 07766307475 for more info......

heavy fishing on Cornsih Sardines last night after the shoals bunched tight post the poor weather over weekend.....

making their way to the Mission for breakfast, Rick Stein and Cornish Sardine King, Nick Howell.