Misty morning in Newlyn.

When the conversation drifts towards ribs in the harbour they mean thse not what you get in the Chinese...

landing at the fish market, good to see the Algrie still fishing 

Spirited Lady III looking good outside the Karen of Ladram...

as is the Joy of Ladram not long back from her big refit at Parkols in Whitby...

like the rest of the netters the Amanda of Ladram is waiting for a drop in the big spring tide before setting out on her next hake trip...

further down the quay is the Belgian beam trawler Storm Vogel...

with a lorry alongside...

making another landing,...

and it's smiles all round from the crew...

and skipper...

at the end of the quay the Kilkeel trawler Unity...

pulling off her heavy combination bridles...

from the twin-rig trawl...

she has been working well south of Scilly...

on the cleaner ground...

Plugger has been scraping off all the paint back to the bare wood on the Shiralee...

more mist than twilight...

netters Ocean Pride and Ygraine between trips...

Still Waters heads for the iceworks...

the buoys are ready...

visibility is down this morning...

with the gaps barely visible astern of the Emma Louise on the slip...

all fifty feet of the promenade has been oped to the public, at this rate if they had built the M1 at this speed they still wouldn't have finished it today...and the prom has anew name it seems.

A wet day in Newlyn!

Big spring tides keep the netting fleet in port for the best part of a week - here the Ygraine is being readied for her next trip...

while the port's largest privately owned beam trawler, the immmaculate Sapphire II is also preparing for her next trip after landing with her starboard-side trawl being overhauled...

across the harbour the Stevenson fleet are either undergoing major overhauls like the St Georges...

and the Cornishman...

working on the trawls after landing...

or laid-up like the Lisa Jacqueline and the William Samson Stevenson...

Intuition and Nimrod, two of the Rowse crab fleet take a day off from hauling pots...

while the crew of the sardine netter Mayflower look like they have a long day mending in the rain still ahead of them.

Newlyn and Penberth - in a day and a bit.

A rare sight indeed! Just the one boat against the Mary Williams pier this morning...

Plugger is literally halfway through this year's paint-up!..

the night time sky out at Treen was full of stars, but,  as soon as dawn broke the clouds rolled in from the west and produced some interesting effects...

and out to sea...

ideal conditions to choose a subject for a little plein air study...

I took a photo of him taking a photo of me painting a picture

rain stopped play...

classic Cornish cove boats, the stuff of legends...

"climb when you're ready".

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Sardines and the slip, mid-week action in Newlyn.

Early doors and the fish quay is busy...

 the Shiralee is getting a makeover...

while the New Venture is about to sail for another day trip deep in the bay...

while Big John prepares enough bait for his pots today...

the summer Cornish sardine season has got off to a bumper start... 

with nearly 1000 tons already landed...

the fish are in tip-top condition...

and brailed ashore from the chilled seawater thanks they are held in...

each brail of fish...

is opened above an iced insulated tub...

and the fish dropped gently into slush-iced water...

before the guys...

head back aboard, with another day of mending to be done...

it's all smiles with young Jeremy...

as he heads for his potting grounds...

over on the slip...

the Billy Rowney...

is part way through her paint-up and refit...

there are some very ancient fittings around this part of the harbour...

though it is possible the the classic lugger Barnabas is even older - built in 1883...

than the South Pier which was built in 1885...

inshore boat Dreamcatcher heads for the gaps, hopefully she's off to catch something more than just dreams...

the Billy Rowney's  classic lines make a fine sight up on the slip.