Work to re-surface the Red Lion slip with granite setts is nearing completion.  In all, over 350 sq metres of cut and dressed stone supplied by Cornwall Granite Supplies has been delivered on site. the team from Symons Construction are nearing the end of the work to restore and improve access via the Red Lion slip to the inner harbour area.

Once the new stone setts have been installed attention will be turned to completing repairs planned for the wrought iron handrail that runs the length of the slip. 

The steps are now revealed

While clearing overgrown vegetation, the centuries old access steps from the edge of the Red Lion slip were revealed.  The steps are simply long granite stones that stick out from the side of the slip wall – styles with steps like this are a common site in Cornish hedges.  The lowest of the four stone steps appeared to have been broken off at sometime. Since then it has come to light that the step fell into the harbour in the 1980s – as witnessed by two young fishermen who recalled the day it happened. Over recent months many individual granite stones have been cleared from in and around the Old Quay – it is hoped that one of these is the missing step and can be replaced!