From a Budleigh correspondent:

Dawn yesterday revealed a trawler (or scalloper) beached on the high tide line on Budleigh beach roughly under the West Down Beacon.

Unconfirmed reports indicate that it had been anchored in the bay and drifted ashore during the night. Sea conditions were calm with a gentle easterly swell. 

There are no reports of casualties amongst the crew of three, indeed it has been suggested that they went into town for breakfast.

During the day a tug arrived and a second one around 6.00pm.

The trawler was successfully pulled off the beach on the evening high tide and towed away.

(The photo also shows the remains of recent cliff falls. Sidmouth is not unique in experiencing these.)