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As usual, there will be a Hitchgathering in starting from the beginning of August this year -- come hitch to a beautiful spot somewhere in Europe to meet a bunch of other funky people to hang out, play music, do workshops, cook on the fire and celebrate the hitchhiking way of life together! After a lengthy and slightly messy decision-making process, it was decided that this year's beautiful spot in question will be at La Framondié, France. As always, please subscribe to the [https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/hitch mailing list] to join the discussion.

After a lengthy <small>The overview over the other location proposals and slightly messy all the info pertaining to the decision-making process, it was decided that the gathering will can be held found at La Framondié, France. As always, please subscribe to the [https:[Hitchgathering/2021/listsArchive]].riseup.net/www/info</hitch mailing list] to join the discussion.small>

== Activities = Location ===

There will be gamesLa Framondié is [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/43.9890/2.5326 here]. It's a large area of forest in one of the least densely populated parts of France, music, skinnydipping if and there's a lakecollective of about 8-12 people living there. They do gardening and steward the forest, or otherwise rolling around naked and for the future they are quite interested in the sandoffering more activities, camps for children, etc. Massage circles and many, many workshops. Late-night joints and bottles so we might kind of wine passed around, discussions on how to -be their guinea pigs :- you know.)

As far as other orga things are concerned... I asked about ~50 people for ~2 weeks. If 100 people suddenly show up, I think it would be an issue. Camping would happen in a somewhat dispersed way -- to have a central camp and then camp in the forest around where you can find the space. There land is generally steep, but there are ancient terraces, and it's also possible to shape the terrain with a shovel to make it more amenable for camping. And of course hammocks will rule supreme :D There is plenty of firewood, plenty of wood for constructions, drinking water too. If we want to use their electricity and electrical amenities, we would probably donate some money; the same is also true for tools (saws, axes, shovels) -- we could decide if we want to bring some or perhaps they will also get some more tools for their future activities and we could support their purchase. == Promotion ==Pros ==== * Swimming! 20 minutes walking from the Tarn, a gorgeous swimmable river. There are also apparently waterfalls on the land that one can swim at.* Gorgeous place, legal camping, cool people.* The people living there are not at all worried about us bringing them Covid, or anything in regards to that.* Of course transphobia exists in France, but probably not more than in most places.* If you remember them from your childhood, it's very close to where [https://www.maxitoys.lu/media/catalog/product/cache/fcf6fde2aecaa3a19404630833ab6e02/1/0/10940997-10940997-mt_picture1-64139.jpg Kaplas] were invented! ==== Cons ==== * There isn't really any space there to park cars if anybody wants to bring one. (But after all, it's the hitchgathering... right?^^)* Since it's a remote region, dumpsters are not very close.* They have quite a few dogs there already, so while not saying that no dogs should come, they were a bit scared by the thought that we 'are like them and 50 people would come with 50 dogs'. === Activities === Think about workshops you could organise! (It's very low-key.) So far, there are ideas about making circles about DIY gear-making and rounds of what-is-in-my-backpack, lockpicking workshops, herbal walks. At past gatherings there were many great workshops such as womens' circles, how-to for political marriages, clay oven building, capture-the-flag... etc pp.

Stickers have been printed by CThere will be games, music, dumpsterdiving, occasional skinnydipping. Massage circles and hopefully many, many workshops. Late-night joints and bottles of wine passed around, discussions on how to -- you know.. See the mailing list for informations.

=== Kesselberg, 2nd week of July === Anybody is always invited to the anarchist bastion and forest village of [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/52.38086/13.73355 Kesselberg-upon-Berlin] anyway, but particularly in the 2nd week of July, hitchhikers are called to congr(e)ate there. It could be possible to join a potential pre-gathering at Langenwerder towards the end of July from there together, or move towards France already.  === La Vieille Valette, end of July === [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/44.0574/3.6179 Another anarchist village of unsurpassed charm and beauty in the Cevennes]. Would be very much worth making a stopover on the way to the Tarn.  === European Rainbow in the Pyrenees === Some people might also like to meet at the European rainbow beforehand. Please add info here.  === Other ideas === <small>C. proposed Kesselberg, an anarchist bastion in a forest in Germany for a pregathering. He said there is a group called [https://www.ecotopiabiketour.net/ Ecotopia] doing a bike tour and that we could meet with them. Some people of the mailing list are part of the organisation so communication is easy. Like he said in his mail, I think it's a good idea to have pregatherings so people can met in smaller groups and have already a little bit of connivance before reaching the main gathering. Doing this is nice but we need to coordinate correctly. --[[User:Swaden|Swaden]] ([[User talk:Swaden|talk]]) 18:47, 24 March 2021 (CET) We can organize easily small pregatherings at the infinity of forest cabins available in Switzerland, Sweden or Norway.</small> == Promotion == Stickers have been printed by C. See the mailing list for informations.