When Sean is not at sea or on the foreshore he’s a ‘silver surfer’… he came across an article written by Josh Sutton otherwise known as ‘guyropegourmet’…  we contacted John as we really liked the drawing he’d done of Sean’s way to gut a mackerel…. so here it is…

to quote John…

“…..   ‘All My Sons’ pulled alongside the tiny jetty in Staithes harbour.  Laden with day fishers and a healthy catch, the small boat bobbed on the high tide.  Like seagulls to a trawler, myself and other curious onlookers swarmed to the boat as Sean the skipper began his demonstration on how to ‘fancy gut’ a mackerel.  With more fish than his clients could carry, Sean offered free mackerel to those willing to have a go themselves.  I’m never one to miss an invitation like that and walked away with three fresh fish and a lesson in a new technique.  The thing about gutting the fish without slicing the belly open, is that the cavity is perfect for stuffing with tasty herbs and lemon.

So moved was I by this new revelation in gutting technique, that I scribbled a little drawing of how it is done.  Part of the trick is to have a really sharp knife and make the cut around the body at a 45 degree angle just behind the pectoral fins.  The key part is to make sure that you manage to sever the intestine at the anus. Make a small slit and pull out a little loop of intestine with the pointed end of your knife and cut. Otherwise it just doesn’t work……”

you can find the rest of John’s article here at ‘The Foodie Bugle’

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Just thought you might like to see what we are all up too….

Sean is in his winter habitat… the cellar… making a ‘buzzer’ for his boat…

Now Thomas was a little harder to capture…  but it shows his perfect winter habitat…

Tiff is in much the same position as Thomas….

Luke is actually missing… he’s gone ‘extreme’ camping with a couple of his friends…!!!

but here’s a photo of him with his Christmas present…

What am I (Tricia) doing… well apart from typing & posting this… driving Luke to the drop off point to meet his friends…

I took a short walk around the village this morning… & took this shot of a street light here in Staithes…

Wishing you all a wonderful year…

best wishes from…

Sean & Tricia…

Thomas & Luke…

&  Tiff too….

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Tuesday 27th December 2011…

Why not spend the day out in the fresh air… after the excess of the holiday’s… our last walk of 2011 in on Tuesday 27th December 2011… a great way to ‘refresh your batteries’…

After a stunning walk along the foreshore to the south of Staithes…  a lobster lunch awaits you at our cosy ‘hut’…

with a wood burning stove and rocking chair… what more could you want…?

A cold day in November saw us once again on the foreshore but the cold was forgotten once everyone started finding fossils… jet… lobsters…

slideshow  of the day below…

this time it’s not only Sean’s boat that’s going to be on television but Sean too…

Tuesday 29th November on ITV at 7.30pm…

more details here….   http://www.itvwild.com/tvshows

We had a great day yesterday on the foreshore… the weather was kind too… sunshine all the way… we even had lunch outside too…

The lobster pots had lots of lobsters in them… only one was the correct size… but it was a female and she had eggs so we ‘v-notched’ her… then threw her back into the sea.

Thomas has made a little video of the day…

Sean had a local bird watcher / photographer  on one of his fishing trips…though you might like to see one the photos…

gannet taken by John Pethullis

So if anyone is interested in photograhic trips on Sean’s boat ‘All My Sons’  do get in touch…

We had a wonderful few days with four lovely people here in Staithes, even the weather was kind to us…  Sean was in his element as story teller /guide/skipper…  Thomas was part guide part cameraman… Tricia was on ‘kitchen duty’…

Sean, Christine, Keith, Chris & Gill…

The first day involved a walk along the foreshore from Staithes to the old harbour at Port Mulgrave… Thomas took lots of pictures and has made it into a ‘slide show’…   residential 2011 – day 1 walk

The second day started with a walk to the north of Staithes…

Thomas ‘slide show’ of the second day’s walk…            residential 2011 – day 2 walk

A boat trip followed on the afternoon of the second day…

aboard 'All My Sons'

watch Thomas’s slide show of the boat trip on day two… 

residential day two – boat trip

The music you are  listening to, if you watch Thomas’s slide shows,  is Staithes Fisherman’s Choir,  the words to the song ‘Men of Staithes’ can be found here…

Sean or should I say his boat are going to become ‘famous’…  Thomas’s bedroom too…  a film crew have been here in Staithes during May.

All My Sons/The Clara

They were filming a new BBC drama called ‘The Body Farm’ staring Tara FitzGerald and Keith Allen.  Episode three is the one to watch for if you want to see Staithes… it’s going to be shown on Tuesday 27th September at 9pm.

While not wanting to give to much of the story line away… there was a night shoot… in order to film this a very… very… large light was installed on the cliff top lighting the whole of the harbour…the village looked simple stunning…