2010 and the first market of the year.

" Top of the morning", Ryan greets buyers on the western end of the auction hall.....
where there's several boxes of new year bass to satisfy the quality end of the restaurant trade.....
almost full, a good start to the year for the trawler fleet.....
though jokes about selling hot or cold smoked fish from the Trevessa IV wore a a bit thin soon enough.....
a man at one with the world, Charlie surveys the scene and look satisfied that all is well at his end of the market.....
where ten boats made it to the arrivals board - maybe this year will herald a new dawn and the long talked of computerised auction will replace these somewhat dated methods of alerting the buyers as to what is being landed and when.....
green boxes on the go......
the Emma slips into berth alongside the market to discharge a shot of crabs.....
under the watchful gaze of fleet boss Mark.......
heavily iced pickup bonnet - not the temperate climate Newlyn normally enjoys even at this time of year - though, in 1987, the worst cold weather to hit the area in recent years saw the shipping forecast give light icing for sea area Plymouth - an unheard of event.....
tied up after landing, the Sapphire is positively aglow.......
under a big moon over the back of the village - the netters will not be able to sail until the end of the week in these big tides.