CSCL Globe, the world's largest ship arrives in #Felixstowe.

After leaving China on the 5th of December the world's largest vessel, the #CSCLGlobe...

has entered the container port of Felixstowe and, with the aid of just four tugs...

has successfully been docked in berths 8&9. The boat can carry 19000 shipping containers and marks the event in a significant way as the port was the first container port in the UK - it handles over 40% of all container traffic entering the country. Interestingly, the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company which was set up in 1875 and one of the few Limited companies not to carry the word in its name rents the land it sits on from Trinity College, Cambridge.

Mid-week market

The landings board is looking very quiet for the rest of the week...

a big trip from the AA of 300 boxes...

including some fish missing from the market for a while like these ray...

a pair of tubs always look good...

while these stripey chaps make great alternatives to any trout recipe...

plenty more of these in the sea...

and these green chaps too...

while black is the colour of money at this time of year for some of the boats...

it won't be long before she heads back to sea again...

along with the other big boats in the beamer fleet...

further down the quay the fixed gear boats at rest...

and hoping for some more clement weather over the next tide.

Gull's-eye view of the Ajax leaving Newlyn.

Footage courtesy of Vistasoar - remote aerial imaging specialists.

Hake at the #TurksHead, Penzance

From the Specials Board at the Turk's Head, Chapel Street - blackened hake with a light creamy chowder sauce - great dish using the best in Newlyn hake. The pheasant was excellent as well - all served with a huge smile thanks to Maria.

Haddock or Cod?

The unmistakable thumbprint associated with haddock...

and the speckled skin of a cod - perhaps hybrid of some sort - caddock or hod?

Cefas Endeavour at work

After steaming down formn the English Channel the Cefas Endeavour has taken up station off Land's End...

though it's not the best place to be carrying out survey work...

as she transits both the South and North bound lanes of the Traffic Separation Scheme!

Sole searching

Saturday afternoon and it looked like a mini Dutch invasion force are on the way to 'the channel' - which is how Newlyn fishermen refer to the Bristol Channel of course.