Our view through the entrance of Pulpit Harbour last night.

Belfast has a very well resourced public seafront: moorings, pontoons, fuel, water, launching ramp for local boats. You can just spot Kelper out in the river to the right of the Harbour Office.

Lots of arts, crafts and food to browse. I treated myself to a bar of hair washing soap to try out.

Belfast has a thriving centre - a whole range of services and shops and restaurants - on the main road up from the waterfront.

Charles disappearing over the side of Dave's boat to sort out the anchor.

Apart from measuring the backs of males and non-breeding females (they can't be kept if less than 3 and a quarter inches), any female with eggs is returned.

These are the traps that we spend so much time avoiding! Attached to rope and multicoloured buoys (personal to each lobsterman), they also have special links that break if a whale should get entan ...

Andrez's job was to prepare the bait. This involved cutting a hole in each piece of pig skin before threading them onto a stick with an eye on the end.

I don't know if I would call this the funniest or most horrifying exhibit - an early design for a 'winged' airplane ...

This is as close as we got to mooses. The tracks were everywhere.