Discomania on Brewster beach
The Napoli with its load of containers, beached off the East Devon coast Weird stuff often ends up on beaches. Flotsam from the wreck of the Napoli at Branscombe, just a few miles east of Budleigh Salterton caught public attention when the UK-flagged container ship was beached off the coast in 2007 after it had split open. Scavengers from all over Britain descended on the area intent on carrying off BMW motorbikes, nappies and, shamefully, people's personal possessions which had been washed ashore. It took two years for the wreck to be disposed of by the authorities. The floating crane and tugs were still operating on it when I took this photo at Sidmouth in 2009. Our starfish invasion a year or so ago hit international headlines as I reported at http://budleighbrewsterunited.blogspot.com/2010/03/starring-role-for-budleigh_4295.html Alien visitors to a Brewster beach Truly bizarre is the story reported by the Department of Natural Resources in Budleigh Salterton's sister-town o...