Quay Day, Penzance

After yesterdays processions on Mazey Day, today is Quay Day - which is much more up my street, so off I went just before lunch.

The Mount's Bay Lugger Association's Happy Return - looking very smart - as always

Stereden va Bro

We've seen Stereden va Bro out out in Mount's Bay this year  - obviously being prepared to go on sale as there is now a  For Sale sign on board

Not that the ship's dog seemed bothered !

Three Masted Lugger Grayhound

Beautiful craftsmanship - the wood looking beautiful

 Grayhound is a three masted lugger built to the design of the original one commissioned for the collector of customs in St Ives - a Mr John Knill in 1776, she is yet another vessel offering the " traditional sailing experience" on voyages both around the Westcountry and further afield

Guide Me

Two very different boats - the modern built Greyhound on the left, with the Looe Lugger Guide Me alongside

Guide me was launched in Looe in 1911, one of the  last Mackerel Drifters built without an engine. She continued fishing until 1976.  In 1988 restored to her former rig and without an engine once more, she sailed to South America and South Africa, returning via The Caribbean and Brest in 1992.

The much plainer side of St Michael's Mount, with people out on the lawns just outside the castle

The view from Lighthouse Pier across the harbour to the car park

The Fairground

These twirly things play havoc with your hair !

Goodness knows what happens to your stomach on this one 

All lit up, I bet it looks amazing at night - but I could hardly watch

Ah ! that's better - nice and gentle !

The ladies of e-Strings were playing beautifully - for their number 1 fan !

Penzamba

These South American Pan Pipe musicians really get about - I remember them in Leicester

The Dry Dock pool looking lovely and calm after all the crowds and noise !

Afternoon walkies

It was looking pretty grim again and feeling a little damp, so just a walkies up towards Ednovean and round to Trebarvah

Think that the Herring Gull chicks must have hatched as we were set upon by the parents as we walked past ! - could get dangerous !

Shearwater II with her big spinnaker up this evening as I was barbecuing some chicken

Further to my bravery in walking through 2 fields with cattle in I have been told about this attack that happened recently On The Lizard.
"The dog was on the lead and the cattle at the far end of the field, when she entered. Think they must have had calves with them. She let the dog go but the cow attacked her anyway, throwing her in the air and then rolling on her. She is lucky to be alive and won't be going near cattle in the near future - likely to be in hospital for some time. Even without calves, cattle certainly need to be treated with caution !"

Scillonian III setting off in the gloom this morning on the first of her two trips to Scilly today, due to no flying because of fog yesterday and as it turned out again today.  She arrived back in good time just after 9.35pm - sadly depositing her passengers right into the middle of the Golowan celebrations.

This mornings cloud heading off to the East and leaving us with some lovely blue sky and sunshine

The view to the West was still very gloomy when we reached the top of the hill - such a pity, when just a little further East we were in sunshine

Think that this tractor driver had been watching the British Grand Prix Qualifying as he was really belting along. You can see how dry the fields are at the moment.

Poor little Purdey has been struggling with the warmer weather as it seems to be making her arthritis worse, so she's very sensibly standing in the shade

Wonderful wall of white Valerian - with a touch of pink- down at Trenow

The fog still sitting on the top of the moors above Penzance

Looking over to Trenow

The demon tractor driver was still dashing up and down

The sand has built up a bit in Trenow Cove

Nice evening for a barbecue on the beach

Very different clouds out to the South East

Banks of mist out at sea

While I was barbecuing some lovely fish the cloud started to move across and eventually covered the bay - but it's only misty rather than foggy

Yesterday I went to fill Hetty up with petrol at the local garage, which also houses Westcountry Classics and they were just about to load this 1950's fire engine - by the time i went to the car and grabbed the camera he'd driven it onto the low loader.

It's a 1953 Austin A4 Pump/ladder which was supplied new to Falmouth Fire Station.  I expect it is on its way to the Wendron Car Rally on Sunday

Grayhound

Super photo taken by Brian Ellis (Mike's brother) of this lovely lugger Grayhound that I took some rather bad photos of yesterday.

The very far West of Cornwall was shrouded in mist this morning, whilst Mount's Bay was in lovely sunshine

So strange to still be in lovely sunshine with so much fog or low cloud around

Cloud sinking down onto Newlyn

Looks so dramatic as it heads towards the coast !

As I stepped over the stile at the top of the hill this Buzzard swooped right over me - fortunately it came back when I had got both feet back on the ground !

What a beautiful bird !

A nice patch of pink flowers on The Mount - our drive is a mass of pink as well at the moment !

Everything is growing so quickly - the footpath is disappearing fast !