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Day 2 For day 2 we had to walk along Start Bay from Start Point to Slapton via the villages of South Hallsands, North Hallsands, Beesands and Torcross. In the village of Hallsands the night of 26 January 1917 serves as a reminder of the folly on interfering with the sea. Little is left of the original village It supported 128 inhabitants before that fateful day, and was protected by a large pebble ridge. Darkness came early that afternoon as the pending storm blew down the Channel, a rare, strong, and easterly winds. Well protected from the prevailing south-westerlies, the village became vulnerable as the winds swung around to the north-east and strengthened. The tide was exceptionally high that night and couple with the fierce onshore winds the sea came pounding up the beach. It surged over the pebble ridge crashing across a wall into the houses beyond. Smashing through winds and bursting...

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