23: Portreath Outer Harbour.

Portreath Outer Harbour.

16 comments so far...

David B February 03, 2018, 04:22 AM

What a fantastic setting. Wonderful!
David.

Andy Rodker February 03, 2018, 08:58 AM

Many thanks, David. Have a great weekend!

Sonja February 03, 2018, 02:44 PM

Nice with the oldfashioned stairs. Is this a lighthouse up there?

Fizgig February 03, 2018, 02:53 PM

The stairway through the splash zone =) Nice capture!

Soeradjoen February 03, 2018, 03:15 PM

Impressive, Andy!

Andy Rodker February 03, 2018, 05:13 PM

Thank you Sonja!

No, it's a huer's lookout (locally nicknamed 'The Pepper Pot').

Huer: the person at a point such as this keeping a lookout for the pilchard* shoals, upon which the local fishing communities depended. As soon as the shoals were seen (apparently enormous, they darkened the sea and so were visible from far off), the cry "Huer! Huer! Huer!" would go up and the whole town would rush into frantic but well-practised activity!

* Pilchard; a larger sardine as befits the increased size of the fish as it aged and progressed from southern waters. Today, the much smaller catches have been re-branded 'Cornish Sardines' as it was felt that 'pilchard' had the connotation of being a poor person's fish.

Andy Rodker February 03, 2018, 05:15 PM

Many thanks, Fizgig. Is your comment from your imagination (I suspect it is!), or is it from somewhere else?

Andy Rodker February 03, 2018, 05:15 PM

Very many thanks, John!

Fizgig February 03, 2018, 06:50 PM

Just me thinking one could get drenched should a big wave slam into those cliffs below the stairs ;)

Andy Rodker February 03, 2018, 08:41 PM

Ah yes, Fizgig ... this it does on a regular basis. Not shown is the harbour wall which has had to be completely rebuilt 3 time in a decade, the last time just a few weeks ago after the biggest storm in living memory!

Sonja February 04, 2018, 02:38 AM

Anyway it is a nice little cone building.

You shoud stick to regional names for regional fish. Tourists just love it. In germany almost any lake has an other vernacular name for their rather similar lake herings or ciscoes not even hinting they are related. Important is that the name is old and regional and the fish is not shipped in any quanties, then vacationing restaurant guests pay any price for just basic whitefish in lemon butter...

Andy Rodker February 04, 2018, 10:31 AM

I forgot to add that I didn't agree with the changed name!!!

Sonja February 04, 2018, 11:10 PM

I know it is not your fault.
They just should consider, that we have those formerly disregarded Coregonus species, whose meat tis now a sought after pricey treat, as our "Bodensee Felchen" is just so hip and regional must-taste-whilst-here, and it is silly not to expand on taste adventure curiousity of tourists.
Then again, the cornish have invented pasties, and of course a fish has no chance to beat that great meal pies anyway.

Andy Rodker February 04, 2018, 11:28 PM

Ha!!
There are pasties and there are pasties!
Good ones (rare but can be found) and bad ones (everywhere!)
My great-aunt made the best, but then I am biased!