Fishy Friday for some.

 Back to black, the MCA's guardship Anglian Princess seems to have undergone a colour change and lost her MCA logo in the process......

 making her way in through the gaps, the netter, Govenek of Ladram makes for the fish market......

 landing pole up and ready to land.......

 Sarah Beth heads off to sea.......

 time for the skipper to make a quick brew before landing.......

 then the boys begin to pull out the boxes in the fishroom......

 with the weather warm, more ice is needed for the fish to go into cold storage over the weekend.....

 up, up and away.........

 things are chilly down in the fishroom......

 but soon clear........

a steady hand is needed to get the stack of fish ashore to the fish quay......

 fine specimen lobster in the on board vivier tank........

 ready to go........

 inshore cod, spending their lives hiding in the seaweed gives these cod their distinctive gold colour......

 measure that monk, although as the monk fish landed on Newlyn are headless this is not an exact science as every fishermen heads a monk differently!.........  

 like big stitches, the winch housing has been put back together........

 Rowse's new crabber should be off to sea today for a weekend shakedown trip pending the MCA's 'jobs' list getting the nod of approval.........

 coley or blackjacks......

 top and underside of ling.......

 quality tagged line caught wild bass offered for sale from Mr Turner again......

 a fine selection of fresh Friday fish......

 a very rare ess shark.........

 quality by the box load.......

 

a slack night for the Cornish Sardine boats........

 with the score on the doors looking like 6-3 to Heather.

Fish 'n chips.

 Sometimes the best laid plans go awry, so when a fillet of line caught  cod ends up hanging at your front door the planned tea goes out the window and the idea of cod and chips suddenly becomes an imperative.......  

 with the addition of a few choice ingredients a..........

 home-made Tartare sauce is quickly produced to accompany........

goujonsof Panko encrusted cod -the simple fish dish wins again - thank you Phil!

Lyonesse landing sardines.

After sailing from Newlyn around 9pm the previous, the ring netter Lyonesse puts ashore her last few tubs of Cornish Sardines from her latest. The fish are held in insulated tubs aboard the boat, once ashore more ice is added for the road journey before processing begins at FalFish.

Cornish Sardine weather.

 Not one by Squirrel Signs........

 the ETV Anglian Princess is back on station in Mount's Bay again.......

 Lane's auction house has a picture sale coming up with a Miller painting of a tosher leaving Hayle.......

 stunning quality ray from the Little Pearl........

 join a selection of quality fish like these monk cheeks on the Western end of the market

 bagged monk livers look like they have Chelsea written through the middle........

 and a box of stunning Gilt Head bream.......

 to go with these red mullet,the Lizard boys have been busy again.......

 back in the Bay the Cornish Sardines are coming ashore......

 and are slush iced ready for the road trip......

 less exotic fish on the market include ling.......

 coley, coal fish, or blackjack or saithe.......

 the good old pout......

and the dapper dab.

St Austell Ales Brewery and Museum tour.

Enjoy a visual tour of the brewery courtesy of guide for the day, Tracy.


Living in Cornwall you may well have driven by the sign a hundred times - but one day you'll make the right decision and pay the St Austell Ales brewery a visit - worth every penny. A revealing look at social history, a business that has changed and continues to change with the times - a living Tribute to the best in Cornish and British engineering, design and development over the last 150 years - and you get to test drive the results in the bar at the end!

Mon am.

 Local haddock put an appearance in over the weekend.....

 along with a shot of bass and grey mullet from the Cove......

 and a few of those St Ives plaice.......

 Mr Turner is keeping up the supplies of line caught bass, nice work Robin.......

 while the market saw a few tubs of Cornish Sardines........

there were plenty more outside, caught not 100m from the promenade.......

 lost and found, an entire trawl almost undamaged.........

 plenty of passing yellow-welly traffic over the weekend.......

 you can't beat scad for crab bait......

 busy Monday market for auctioneer Ian.......

 welcome indeed........

 the tug Flat Holm is still undergoing a paint up.......

busy office scene at Lane's auction rooms.