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The Fairy Stretcher

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The Fairy Stretcher

Mountain biking

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Hiking

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Gravel riding

5.0

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  • Location: Castelnau-De-Guers, Béziers, Occitania, France

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    March 10, 2023

    Mountain biking

    The Fairy Clothesline is a limestone formation dating back to the early Tertiary period, approximately 50 million years ago.

    Human imagination has given rise to a legend: fairies used to hang their laundry on these white concretions to dry in the sun.
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    June 13, 2026

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    A remarkable geological site, worthy of the legend of the fairies! The rock that constitutes it is sandstone with a carbonate cement, but it is not limestone. Differential erosion, which wears away the less resistant parts of the rock more quickly, has gradually sculpted its surface and formed natural basins (rounded hollows in which water can accumulate).

    According to legend, on full moon nights, after the rain, the fairies come to wash their laundry in these small basins carved into the sandstone, before spreading it out on the rocks. In Occitan, the place is called "L’espandidou das Fadas".
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    July 28, 2024

    Mountain biking

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    Via Domitia (Route 5)

    36.1km

    02:48

    400m

    400m

    Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required.

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    28.7km

    02:06

    270m

    270m

    Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required.

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    Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required.

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    Elevation 130 m

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    Location: Castelnau-De-Guers, Béziers, Occitania, France

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