Hints and tips:
...Le Dune was the whispered-about Shangri-La I never quite made it to: a cult hotel far down a gravel road, with simple, sun-filled accommodations, fresh food and gem-hued seas; the windsurfer’s and solitude-seeker...
...The gravel remains damp deeper down, retaining moisture on its outer coating. It is not a rich fertiliser....
...An internship with Blue Ridge Capital, one of the “Tiger cub” hedge funds, led to a job at Copper Arch Capital before he we went on to found his own fund, Castle Point Capital, in 2005....
...A little over three hours since leaving Reykjavík, and 90 minutes from the start of the gravel track, lights appear below us, yellow-orange lamps bright in the darkness....
...“Welcome to the gravel pit,” says owner Josée Auclair. I’d describe it differently: a shifting world of greys, blues and white. Ian Penn, a fellow guest, agrees, pulling out watercolours....
...Vehicles are waiting to speed us along the dramatic coastal road, with vertiginous white sand dunes to our right and a lapis lazuli blue ocean to our left. Yemeni music trumpets from the speakers....
...We parked and walked the final several yards up to the ridge where a low table, set for tea, awaited us....
...Caroline Eden’s books include ‘Black Sea’ and ‘Red Sands’ (Quadrille). Doubles at the Radisson Blu Iveria Tbilisi cost from about £125....
...That night, our last, Soulimane made taguella, a traditional Tuareg bread, baked in the sand beneath a bed of embers....
...In the light, tight air it appears unobtrusive, even as the sun crests a ridge of volcanoes to spotlight its floating units....
...Conditions were perfect — bright sun, deep blue sky, deeper snow....
...with an antique wardrobe, grey stone floors, and an outdoor kitchen overlooking the blue horizon....
...But those serious about their swimming should seek it out for its location alone — an oasis of green and blue in a grey wharf stacked with shipping containers....
...We wheel our bikes on to the golden beaches at Camber Sands, where we have an ice cream and a chilly dip....
...After college, Villar quit an accounting job to become a full-time entrepreneur, supplying seafood to restaurants as well as selling gravel and sand, which introduced him to real estate, the sector that...
...On Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge, there were 391 active Caspian tern nests in early June this year. Two weeks later, only one active nest remained....
...Back in January, I took a cable car up from the village of Ortisei, rising over a steep, shadowy mountainside to crest the ridge and find the plateau beyond bathed in afternoon sun....
...Scaringe has raised billions for Rivian, from a variety of blue-chip investors....
...It’s also a beautiful place, with white sand beaches, an iconic pitchstone ridge and a plethora of wildlife to spot — including eagles (golden and white-tailed)....
...“China only procures sand and gravel locally for construction projects,” said Nasir Sohrabi, president of Gwadar’s Rural Community Development Council....
...The late gardener and writer Beth Chatto bedded out Agave americana in her gravel garden and overwintered them in a greenhouse....
...For at least 60 years, a population of red-necked wallabies lived wild on the Roaches — a ridge at the western tip of England’s Peak District National Park....
...They come in Black, Khaki or Sand and are available for pre-order today for delivery in September....
...Neiman Marcus: how Marble Ridge fell out of fashion “You come at the king, you best not miss.”...
...He wore a football shirt and had a blue cross tattooed on his forehead....
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