Late May is the seasonal handover on Menorca, when the south-coast calas tilt into early summer while the north coast is still arguing with the Tramuntana. A look at what the wind divide actually does to the beaches, the water and the quieter end of the metal detecting season on the island.

Most of the holiday-jewellery problems people regret aren't bad luck on a beach — they're unanswered questions packed at home. A short pre-flight guide to insurance single-article limits, photographing your pieces, hotel safes, silicone bands and the airport security tray.

A plain-language look at the physics of jewellery loss on a Balearic beach: why gold's density drags a ring downward, what liquefaction and granular convection do every time a wave passes, why Mallorca's small tides still matter, and how all of it shapes real metal detecting and ring recovery.

A practical guide to Son Bou, the longest beach on Menorca - how to get there and park, what the shallow water and fine sand are really like, the wetland and fifth-century basilica behind it, and an honest note on why a long, busy family beach quietly raises the odds of losing a ring.