Fishwives needs you!

Colin Dolby Credit: ITV Anglia

The widow of a fisherman from Leigh-on-Sea in Essex is setting up a choir, inspired by the Military Wives, to help support other families of those lost at sea. 47 year-old Colin Dolby went missing while fishing in bad weather in 2008. His body was found a year later.


Now his wife Jane is launching The Fishwives Choir to record a single for the Fishermen's Mission charity. She says there's been huge interest since she launched the idea on social media websites.

The FISHWIVES project is a choir being set up to raise money for The fishermen's Mission - think Military Wives but with fishermen!


Did you know fishing is officially the most dangerous occupation in the UK with 1 in 20 fishermen losing their lives at work? 


This clip may shock and surprise you - This is my story ...See more Description THIS IS A CALL TO THE FISHING COMMUNITIES OF THE UK. 


Are you a partner, wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandmother of a fisherman? Would you like to be part of an exciting music project to raise money for the Fisherman’s Mission? We're now putting together a list now of choir members. REMEMBER it doesn't matter if you think you can't sing - this is not about being a good 'singer' it's all about the tradition and the heart! If you'd like to be involved, would you be kind enough to send this info to:


FishwivesChoir@live.co.uk 


Best number to reach you on Address (so we can group you according to region) Connection to Fishing Have you had any singing/choir experience? 


 Thanks so much xx 

Fill her up skipper!

 Make a diary note for the 28th of April, next Saturday at Penlee Coach House for a study led by David Tovey linked to the current exhibition at Penlee Museum and Gallery.......

 last of the Silver Dawn's fish go aboard the lorry Plymouth bound.......

 the heavy lifting boat, Cameron has the highest wheelhouse of any boat to visit Newlyn.......

 making a dash for the Scillies between blows, the wittily named ex-landing craft Severn Sins ........

 makes a stopover in Newlyn........

now waiting for fuel........

 those trawls always need repairs, this one has a stone trap fitted in the belly of the net.......

 built to take the strain.......

 the business end of the Cameron.......

 fuel when you need it from Consol's Oils........

 delivered by young Mr Bennetts himself.......

 a bargain........

 two of the paintings up for auction at Lane's picture sale.......

 this one by Hayle based artist, Robert Jones........

another nautical home in town.

Saturday Kitchen - wild garlic

Keep its location a secret the man said!

If you are watching Saturday Kitchen this morning with James Martin, his guest chef Bryn Williams is cooking with wild garlic - James said if you find some don't tell anyone where it is - there are acres of the stuff in Cornwall - but where?!!

Jim's on his eleventh Marathon!

Big Jim Portus would really appreciate some support if you can this weekend - he's running his eleventh London Marathon in aid of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen - that wonderful organisation that steps in at a moments notice when things go wrong for fishing families. There are two bog centres in Devon and Cornwall, one in Newlyn and Jim's local in Brixham.


Royal National Mission To Deep Sea Fishermen Charity Registration No. England & Wales No. 232822, Scotland No. SC039088 The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen provides care, compassion and support to working, retired and disabled fishermen and their families. Deep-sea fishing is dangerous and unpredictable. Hardship and tragedy are facts of everyday life in the UK’s fishing


Here's Jim's just giving page to find out more.

Spring tide is here

Now showing at the Yew Tree Gallery, Penzance until May.

Ajax hake's on the menu at Senara

Caught 120 miles west of Newlyn, landed and sold then prepared and cooked 2 miles east of Newlyn.......

pan fried hake soon sold out at Penwith College's Senara restaurant .......

 which is not surprising as at well less than £10 for a three course meal.........

 dishes like this roast chicken just fly off the plate......

 stopping briefly on the hotplate and about to go..........

another portion is whisked out the door to a packed house with its view over Mount's Bay and St Michael's Mount.

Plotting the potter.

The Rowse crabber, Intution leaving Newlyn

Just appearing on the chart coming away from Newlyn in the early hours, the crabber Intuition heads back to her fishing ground off Land's End. The AIS clearly shows the ten strings of 95 pots she worked yesterday - right on the edge of the busy shipping lanes. The strings lay east-to-west, and as soon as a string is hauled the boat turns round and shoots them away again. Hauling is done 'head-to-wind', and into the face of the weather. Bigger crabbers can and do fish through weather that would have most boats heading for home.