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Focalplane Blog (Free subscription) | 27/07/2008
[Note: This travelogue has been re-formatted within the blog to facilitate better searches and commentaries. The original travelogue can still be found here ] The rocks at Branscombe form the backdrop to a fine stretch of coastline. The main feature, visible for miles in both directions along the coast is the Nothe, a pinnacle of Cretaceous Chalk. The cliffs here are quite unstable having only been...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
THE giant anchor from the stricken 62,000-ton container ship MSC Napoli – grounded off the World Heritage Coast at Branscombe in east Devon 18 months ago – yesterday became
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Felix Bowers (Free subscription) | 30/03/2008
As reported previously, in early March we stayed in Branscombe (in Devon), together with Helen and Kim. Saturday started with a slow breakfast over the papers. We were staying at the northwest end of Branscombe, which is in a narrow valley, so the sun arrived later than usual (for us), as you can see here. We set [...]
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 25/03/2008
Seafarers have been warned to keep away from the remaining section of the MSC Napoli off the Westcountry coastline. The wreckage will spend its second Easter in waters off Branscombe, East Devon, where it was purposely grounded in January last year after it was damaged in a storm.
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 19/02/2008
A popular Devon airshow will be grounded unless the go-ahead is given for extended use of the airfield, its owner has warned. Branscombe Air Day has been held annually for 17 years. But businessman David Hayman says it won't be staged in July ...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 20/01/2008
One year ago, hundreds of people descended on Branscombe beach, east Devon, to help themselves to goods washed ashore from the stricken MSC Napoli. Gearboxes, trainers, dog food and BMW motorcycles were removed from containers, some jemmied open on the beach, while bonfires fuelled by Bibles bound for South Africa lit up the sky.
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Sim-O's Random Thoughts (Free subscription) | 18/01/2008
Last January the cargo ship MSC Napli ran aground off the coast of Branscombe. BBC : In January 2007, scavengers swarmed to Branscombe in Devon in search of plunder. But what happened to the booty they took away? A year on, the MSC Napoli still casts a shadow over Branscombe - literally. Half of its stern, still waiting to be removed by salvagers, is still visible from the shore. When it ran aground...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 17/01/2008
Twelve months ago, scavengers swarmed to Branscombe in Devon in search of plunder. But what happened to the booty they took away?
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Sea Fishing (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
The East Devon beach of Branscombe is still the stage of a 12 month saga portraying the collapse of a 53, 409 tonne sea going vessel, built in 1991, the MSC Napoli. Many people made great finds. Riches were washed onto this historic beach that expresses prehistoric relics from its core. But it is to [...]
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Winding Road (Free subscription) | 29/10/2007
Salvagers who were able to collect a miscellany of BMW parts and motorcycles from the wreck of a cargo ship this past January, are now being told that it's ok to keep their automotive booty. The cargo ship MSC Napoli ran aground off Branscombe Beach on the east Devon coast, while it was loaded with a shipment containing thousands of BMW spare parts and 17 complete motorcycles. Transmissions, and windshields...
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 02/10/2007
Children from a seaside village in Devon will be able to travel to school in safety along an off-road path which opens next week. Pupils at Branscombe Primary will use the new path linking the beach car park to the school, starting on Monday. ...
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 01/10/2007
Devon walker Steve Keane is past the halfway stage of his 630- mile trek along the South West Coast Path. Steve, 55, from Branscombe, is attempting to complete the walk in aid of St Mary's Intensive Care Unit in London and the Army Benevolent ...
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Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 31/08/2007
The final section of the MSC Napoli should be removed in one piece from the Westcountry coastline by the end of November, experts have predicted. The stern, which is resting on a sandbank off Branscombe, East Devon, is expected to be floated ...
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 29/08/2007
A light aircraft crashed into trees as it tried to land at a Devon airfield yesterday. The male pilot suffered minor injuries after the two-seater aircraft hit the trees at Branscombe Airfield near Bulstone Cross, Branscombe, shortly after ...
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 29/08/2007
A light aircraft crashed into trees as it tried to land at a Devon airfield yesterday. The male pilot suffered minor injuries after the two-seater aircraft hit the trees at Branscombe Airfield near Bulstone Cross, Branscombe, shortly after ...
