Newlyn -Cornwall- A Cornish Fishing Village - a short guide with pictures.
Newlyn -Cornwall- A Cornish Fishing Village - a short guide with pictures.: "Wander the Quays, get up at Dawn and see the fish being sold, in the bustling spotlessly clean Fish Market. The fish in rectangular baskets of many colours, neatly stacked, and ticketted waiting for a buyer in the Auction. Some destined for restaurants in Cornwall, but most for foreign buyers Ice being delivered to trawlers about to put to sea, provisions being loaded for what may be a trip lasting nearly two weeks.
The smell of diesel and grease in the air, chains that are dragged along the sea bottom in front of the net, metal doors used to keep the net open, gill nets heaped in tangles of green in every spare corner. Plastic tubs containing long lines, neatly coiled ready for the next trip. Hooks stuck in rows. If you are really lucky you may even see Sammy a one eyed seal and a right show off. The Lifeboat Mabel Alice waiting for the emergency call. Don't trip on the gear and nets piled high. Keep away from unfenced drops, boats landing their catch, or loading stores and ice prior to going to sea. You enter the working harbour solely at your risk.
Why not visit the Pichard Works ? Where Cornish Salt Pilchards are pressed using screw presses before being packed into wooden barrels for export to Italy, much as they have done for the last 90 years. Or see the shipwrights progress on the restoration of the Cornish Lugger 'Ripple', built in 1896, and the fascinating black and white photographs displayed on the yard's walls. There are lots of places to stay in and around West Cornwall Bed and Breakfast."
The smell of diesel and grease in the air, chains that are dragged along the sea bottom in front of the net, metal doors used to keep the net open, gill nets heaped in tangles of green in every spare corner. Plastic tubs containing long lines, neatly coiled ready for the next trip. Hooks stuck in rows. If you are really lucky you may even see Sammy a one eyed seal and a right show off. The Lifeboat Mabel Alice waiting for the emergency call. Don't trip on the gear and nets piled high. Keep away from unfenced drops, boats landing their catch, or loading stores and ice prior to going to sea. You enter the working harbour solely at your risk.
Why not visit the Pichard Works ? Where Cornish Salt Pilchards are pressed using screw presses before being packed into wooden barrels for export to Italy, much as they have done for the last 90 years. Or see the shipwrights progress on the restoration of the Cornish Lugger 'Ripple', built in 1896, and the fascinating black and white photographs displayed on the yard's walls. There are lots of places to stay in and around West Cornwall Bed and Breakfast."
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This is plagerised from Cornishlight's Newlyn page. He does not have Cornishlight's permission to do so
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