Telegraph: Roads are rarely called beautiful yet few would argue with that word for the A379 at Slapton Sands in Devon. It runs for miles along an elevated shingle bank with the English Channel on one side and a vast, tranquil freshwater lake on the other. But the road is threatened by a combination of spring tides and easterly winds, which may mean the road will be swept away in the near future — and with it would go a lifeline for local residents and businesses. “It would turn us into …