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Pace yourself for a treasure trove of hideaways – from pirates’ lookouts in Mallorca to fishing villages in the Asturias and dinky Lapland ski resorts
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where the owner kindly let us sit and drink during the evening and offered us a tasting of his notoriously delicious five-year-old marinated anchovies.Lewis
Finikounda
A scenic 90-minute bus ride south from Kalamata
Its cobbled main street runs adjacent to the curve of the blue flag beach
Watch the moon rise over the bay as you enjoy delicious
homely Greek food and robust local wines for half the price you would pay on the islands
The sporadic transport links soon force a revelation –that significant delight lies in just “being” there.Anthony Hulse
with the mountains and sea stretching either side
A hearty fabada (Asturian bean stew) and a bottle of sidra are perfect for sharing
The compact sandy beach at the bottom of the town is ideal for a post-lunch nap as the sun dips towards the hills
visiting artists and the many animals that inhabit the spit (all of it is a nature reserve)
it gets busy as the tourists arrive for the sandy beaches
Ferry and environmental charge for a car with passengers around €30.Agne
Away from Alcúdia’s stunning 6km white beach
are two sandy coves – Mal Pas and S’illot; with arguably the clearest water on the island
Or you could continue through aromatic pine forests to the peaceful Ermita de la Victoria
follow the footpath behind the hermitage for Mirador de Penya del Migdia
There are chains on tougher parts of the path
while far below is the blue only the Med can be
Spring is perfect as autumn can be rainy – less than ideal for walking along cliff edges
No idea how they got the cannon to the top!Antony
View image in fullscreenLes Orgues
Photograph: AlamyForty minutes’ drive inland from Argelès on France’s Côte Vermeille
Free parking and a €5 ticket gives access to a meandering dust track
before you arrive at the main event: stunning rock formations
the likes of which can’t be seen outside the US or Turkey
which might best describe these extraordinary sand and clay structures; children might prefer “fairy chimneys”
Take water if visiting during the summer and enjoy a cooling drink at the cafe at the bottom
A small giftshop sells honey and other artisanal produce
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Caminade is a manufacturer of bespoke bicycle frames hailing from Ille-sur-Têt in the Pyrénées-Orientales département of France, and we recently spotted one of its bikes nestled discreetly in a corner of the Hope stand at the 2020 Core Bike trade show
Made from titanium tubes bonded to composite lugs
the AllRoad Titanium gravel bike was built up using a selection of parts from Hope
Rather than being laid up sheet by sheet in a traditional carbon fibre mould, the lugs themselves are injection moulded using a carbon and polyamide composite called Grilamid LCL-3H. This is what lends them their unusual, almost 3D printed, look
This process is almost the opposite of the bikes made by Bastion Cycles
which use carbon tubes bonded to 3D printed titanium lugs
the lugs are made by French company Protolabs in England using materials from Switzerland
Buisan said the brand’s goal is to localise as many aspects of the fabrication process as possible
so that it can maintain control as an artisan frame bike builder
while still compete with Asian fabrication in terms of RRP
Selling directly to the consumer means that Caminade can offer a complete bike with bespoke geometry for €3,010, which is competitive with off-the-peg titanium bikes from other well-known brands
The construction is said to impart a fairly quirky ride quality too
Caminade told us the bike rides like a traditionally welded steel frame
but those on the Hope stand said the bike offers levels of compliance that can be almost disconcerting at first
but proves to be “ultra comfortable” on long days in the saddle
The frame is specced with a TRP CX carbon fork
which has clearance for up to 40mm tyres on 700c wheels or up to 48mm tyres on 650b wheels
the only components that aren’t from Hope are the saddle
many of the parts come anodised in a rather fetching bright orange
Of particular note is the inclusion of Hope’s recently released RX Road/Gravel crankset
the sides of each arm are bonded together for a hollow construction
before being subjected to another round of CNC machining
The crankset is built around a 30mm aluminium axle (though Hope says it is compatible with “almost every BB system” using its own range of bottom brackets)
weighs a claimed 510g and is available in six different colours
The drivetrain comprises of a SRAM Force 1 rear derailleur and SRAM PC1130 chain
with a 38t Hope RX narrow/wide chainring and Hope 10-40t 11-speed cassette that's fitted on to Hope’s matching hub to enable the use of the 10t sprocket