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sueclaremont.bsky.social
Slapton Sands in autumn, looking over the sparkling Start Bay. Nature at its best!
My blog post: wordloft.co.uk/blog/nature-...

#slaptonsands #devon #startbay #blogpost #beaches #blueandyellow #moodyclouds #blueskies
October 21, 2026 at 10:05 AM
sueclaremont.bsky.social
At Slapton Sands, we passed the end of Slapton Ley, the SW's largest lake. Devon’s A379 was closed to cars due to damage by Storm Ingrid. We slipped onto the ghostly road & joined others to and from Torcross.
New blog post: wordloft.co.uk/blog/nature-...
#slaptonsands #torcross #devon #slaptonley
October 20, 2026 at 11:05 AM
antiprofessor.bsky.social
Slapton was among several Devon villages requisitioned by the War Office
Later, during preparations for Operation Overlord, there was a disastrous incident when over 600 GIs were killed by German E-Boats and blue-on-blue friendly fire on #SlaptonSands
rgpoulussen.bsky.social RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · Aug 30
#OTD in 1940. Men from the Durham Light Infantry regiment, back from France, practising bayonet fighting on the beach at Slapton in Devon. #WW2 #HISTORY
August 30, 2026 at 7:50 AM
clickbaitwizard.bsky.social
Wtf should the government (us) pay for inevitable coastal erosion?

#SlaptonSands
February 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM
benking01.bsky.social
£19.8m for #Torcross #SlaptonSands sea defence reinforcement plan approved

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#Devon #GeographyTeacher
£19.8m for Torcross sea defence reinforcement plan approved
South Devon MP Caroline Voaden says the funding is
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May 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
benking01.bsky.social
Can and will the A379 road be rebuilt?

youtu.be/JXBL3zjvkvc?...

#GeographyTeacher
#SlaptonSands #SlaptonLine
#Torcross #StartBay #Devon
#SeaLevelRise

@carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social
Can the road be saved? The Torcross and Slapton A379 Road coastal erosion
YouTube video by Torr Overland
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February 25, 2026 at 8:37 PM
benking01.bsky.social
"The beach is always changing. It was enormous as I was growing up and now it's almost disappeared."

BBC News - How winter storms are rapidly reshaping our coastline
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#Torcross #SlaptonSands #Devon #GeographyTeacher
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January 31, 2026 at 8:27 AM
benking01.bsky.social
Recent storm waves have taken away the beach at #Torcross #SlaptonSands and today's breakers are hitting the sheet-steel pilings on the front of the sea wall.
#GeographyTeacher
December 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
benking01.bsky.social
Wave-return sea wall
#Torcross #SlaptonSands #StartBay #Devon
Sea wall, golden gravel beach and large waves
October 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
benking01.bsky.social
Lovely to see a healthy WIDE beach at #Torcross #SlaptonSands
View North along the whole beach from Torcross
July 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
benking01.bsky.social
#ExerciseTiger
#WitnessHistory
#SlaptonSands
#DDAYrehearsals
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Witness History - Exercise Tiger: Disastrous D-Day rehearsal - BBC Sounds
In April 1944, a German fleet sank two allied ships. Around 749 US servicemen died.
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June 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
mayfieldbirder.bsky.social
Gavia immer, the Great Northern Diver, at #SlaptonSands on 19/9 - an unexpected sighting just offshore as I was about to leave to start my journey home. A single Sandwich Tern also flew along the tide-line calling.
#Devonbirding
#ukbirding
September 23, 2025 at 6:39 AM
shiphaybirder.bsky.social
The lovely #BlackNeckedGrebe at S Devon's #SlaptonSands in the ☀️ late morning today. A much scarcer species locally these days. Just a RTD nearby for company. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @birdtrack.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #FSCSlapton #birds
January 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
philgroom.bsky.social
Concerned about the impact of #StormDamage and #CoastalErosion on the people of #Torcross and #SlaptonSands? Please read this facebook post and join me in signing this petition set up by @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social

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Very important we need you 🫵🏼⁣ ⁣ Please sign this petition, very quick to do & share it🙏🏻⁣ ⁣ From Caroline👇🏻⁣ ⁣ 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝟑𝟕𝟗 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲⁣ ⁣ Today I’ve continued working at pace on the...
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February 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
theworldatwar.bsky.social
British armoured personnel carriers roll off a landing craft during a training exercise in preparation for the D-Day landings, off the coast of Slapton Sands, Slapton, Devon, England, Dec 1943 #ww2 #worldwar2 #slaptonsands #slapton #devon #training #britisharmy
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
strumstrum.bsky.social
Slapton 'Sands' (it's mostly shingle), Devon.
#photography #SlaptonSands #shingle #coast #Devon
A coastal view from a high point, over a very blue sea.
April 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM