Not a bad place to write a blog from. Slapton Sands, South Devon.

Good weather and a diary malfunction gave us some extra hours in the day yesterday. We took off to another town, Dartmouth for an afternoon and evening of exploring. 

We overnighted by the side of the river. Our early morning wake up was very peaceful.

This blog was planned to be about Dartmouth but one tiny event at Slapton Sands pushed Dartmouth on to tomorrow.

A landing craft arrived and suddenly the history of Slapton Sands seemed the thing to ponder.

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse QQ-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1944/exercise-tiger.html

Frivolous pondering seems a little at odds with this moment. I will pencil that in for tomorrow.

The links are fascinating and sad, if you have the time to read them . I realise now that as soon as this Official Secret was lifted in 1974 my parents booked a holiday in this area in September 1974. There were so many veterans visiting the area. I suppose I thought that was normal, and it may have been. But there were lots of American tourists visiting this coast. Definitely not so many in recent years, but next year is the 80th Memorial.

http://www.exercisetigermemorial.co.uk/