Penlee lifeboat - new crew shout.

With so any of the Penlee crew working away at the moment there are opportunities for new crew members to join the team. Anyone who is interested is asked to contact the lifeboat station or drop in for an informal chat. 


Telephone the station house on 01736 369246.

A St Ives painting story.

 On the back of a painting up for auction today in Penzance, the citation reads: "Return of the missingSt Ives fishing boat - after being 'lost' for three days on the East Coast of Ireland - sails lost and radio out of action".......

the artist's signature is hard to discern but appears to be that of Edith M Huxtan.......

one source from St Ives thinks this is the story of the  Lamorna (later the Castle Wraith) owned at the time by the Care family from St Ives. A surviving member of the crew from that incident is Chris 'Bish' Care who works in the net lofts at Porthmeor.



Currently work is well underway on the Porthmeor Renovation Project to the Sail Lofts on Porthmeor Beach, hopefully Bish will not have his net mending activities disturbed too much - an ongoing image gallery is viewable here - a Daily Telegraph article gives some background.......

here, Chris 'Bish' Care, net setter for several Newlyn and St Ives boats, talks about his work in one of the net lofts.

Quality Newlyn fish for sale!

"Now there's some fine looking fish"..........

 it was end-to-end with quality inshore fish this morning as so often is the case after a weekend of fine weather......

 from this superb shot of JDs.........

 to these magnifique monk........

 and a first time visit of Penzance registered, L'ogien PZ28........

 seen her inside the Defiant.........

 vive la vivier!.........

 big tides, a sea of rigging in the harbour........

 and flat calm with it.......

 there's much to do in the town over the coming weeks........

 and already folks are preparing for this year's Fish Festival.........

 and this particular evening class is rumoured to be heavily oversubscribed.......

 put this one in the diary for Saturday April the 30th, Newlyners at Work - sure to provokes ome comments from scalybacks and the like.......

 not just a rumour then.......

the swans were out early this morning.

Summertime - mackerel and spider crabs on the move.

 The punts are lined up against the market as this year's mackerel season gets under way........

 a sure sign that summer is here........

 and more evidence as the spiders show signs of moving across the ground in search of partners........

 inside the market there's some discussion over the size of the fish......

as the sorting continues........

one of the best looking punts in the port is up for sale, a 16'Bucaneer FY4, the Fulmar phone 01726 843384 for more details.......

sadly, some unsociable person decided they did not like the window display in Warren's the bakers it seems - after some anti-pasty maybe?

Nice scuffly start for you guys!

Ready for the off.

 Bringing little rays of sunshine and mirth.......

 its turbot time.........

 looks like the mackerel have set in this week.....

and some will be away for bait.......

 still looking very smart.......

 unidentified flying objects.........

 just slightly delayed........ 

 a couple of classic wooden sterns, transom and canoe........

 all quiet in the Harbour Cafe.......

 and no gossip to speak of.......

time to set up the window display in Lovells the greengrocer.

Jack Nowell - 18 today!

Jack Nowell is 18 today!

Enjoy the early action photo gallery here.

Newlyn's very own England playing rugby junior Jack Nowell turned 18 today and celebrated as befitting the son of a top Newlyn trawler skipper - a full English breakfast for him, his family and close friends in the Mission followed by a few, quiet beers in the world famous Swordfish Inn.


A big thank you to the staff in the Mission who did such a fantastic job feeding nearly thirty, family and, mostly rugby playing, student friends. With plenty of egg, bacon, hash browns, toast and tea inside them the party moved on over the road to the Swordfish where the party no doubt continued on into the evening - for some!