Thursday is big tide day.

Marine Electrical Services are being kept busy down the quay.......

as the Dom Bosco loses part of her rigging.......

only for it to re-appear aboard the Kastel Paol........

one ex-lifeboat en route........

big tide in Penzance dock has the slip road under two feet of water.......

making it impassable for traffic.......

looks like the harbour is full to the brim in Nelwyn.......

making the Shiralee ride high.

ByGone Newlyn - the changing village and its people.

ByGone Newlyn is on the 19th November 2011 at the Centre, up Paul Hill.

Over the years fishing has had a major impact on the size, smell and structure of Newlyn immediately surrounding the water's edge. Newlyn Archive's final exhibition this year celebrates the changes in the village over the last few hundred years. Visitors are welcome to bring along any items, objects or images that they want including in the archive, especially if existing records can be verified added to or even changed.

Read or print off full details here:

Newlyn School of Art Open Evening this Saturday!

Come and have a nose around the school building and a chat with any of the artist teachers about their courses. Saturday October 29th 4pm till 8pm. Drinks available from the bar in aid of art materials for the school.

Newlyn School of Art, the Old Board School, Chywoone Hill, Newlyn. TR18 5AN. We are at the top of Chywoone Hill B3315. Look out for the red sign on the right as you near the top of the hill. Limited parking available in our car park and otherwise nearby. Alternatively buses stop right outside the school see the following link for more information on how to get to us and buses etc.

http://www.newlynartschool.co.uk/about/directions/

Follow Fishy Friday - if you bought ray or skate today.....

From 'Zest! Recipes from top Irish Restaurants in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation
L'Ecrivain - Michelin starred restaurant in Dublin 

Courtesy of Rick Stein from his eponymous book Richard Stein English Seafood Cookery.

And last but not least, Mr Simplicity, the father of TV fish chefs, Keith Floyd from his first fish book, Floyd on Fish.

EU latest - Give fish to the poor says Damanaki!

Fish from European waters will be distributed to the poor as an alternative to throwing them away at sea, the EU fisheries chief told MPs on Thursday, as part of a sweeping reform of marine policy. Maria Damanaki, the European commissioner for fisheries, said that as part of a proposed new deal with fishermen aimed at ending the wasteful practice of discarding edible fish at sea, lower value fish could be distributed to charities and other public organisations.

See the full story in the Guardian here:

A few years ago a certain Mike Mahon tried to do the just this when he was overrun with haddock fishing in Mount's Bay .........

- and despite pleading his case with Fisheries minister Benyon at the time, was threatened with legal action if he did so! - how times change.

Penlee Lifeboat crew to make historic bike ride for charity.

A message from Penlee Lifeboat crewman, Wayne Davey

Hi everyone

Just a quick message to let you all know about the bike ride that I'm training for to raise £20,000 for three charities.

Two Royal Marine Commandos, Cpl Justin Morgan, Cpl Damian Barnes, both of 771 squadron Search and Rescue and myself (Wayne Davey, SWAST Paramedic) are cycling from San Diego to New York, which is approximately 3100 miles, including scaling the Rocky Mountains, and we are hoping to complete the ride in less than 17 days, which means we'll have to average 185 miles each day. We are all riding together, and NOT in a relay so its going to be physical!

The charities that we are raising money for are the Little Harbour, which is the new Childrens hospice in Cornwall, the Cornwall Air Ambulance, and the Royal Marines Benevolant fund.

Our website is http://www.3100miles.co.uk/

We are also on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/messages/?action=read&tid=id.230903603631829#!/groups/222647601131553/

And you can donate at  https://www.justgiving.com/3100miles

Or you can text your amount and RAAM99 £    to 70070 (if you want to donate £3 then text=    RAAM99 £3       to 70070

Hope you are all well and happy to support our effort!

All the best

Wayne Davey

The Last of the Hunters

Filming in Newlyn.

Fishermen and other readers of a certain age who were around in Cornwall during the heady days of TSW (Television South West) with its pioneering ENG services and focus on local news and issues from all corners of the South West may recall having seen a film about the fishinmg industry at the time, Last of the Hunters. The film was made at a time when Falmouth and Mount's Bay were filled with local handline fishermen competing with the likes of Eastern Block factory ships as they took mackerel in huge quantities from the entire Scottish pelagic fleet and the might of England's deep-sea trawling freezer fleet fished unabated to within six (and sometimes closer) miles of the beaches - beam trawling was in its infancy with the first few of Stevenson's fleet, the AA, Algrie and Anneleise having just joined the fleet. Thankfully, descendants of those last hunters are still going strong and putting fish ashore on a daily basis!

Through the Gaps has been reminded that among other local Newlyn fishermen featured in the film, a certain Bobby Jewell skippering the Galilean featured prominently. If anyone has a copy of the TV programme on VHS tape - or even better can convert a copy to digital please contact TtG.