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'''For current information regarding Corona(-rules) please check (and if necessary update): [[Hitchhiking and Corona]]'''
As usual, there will be a Hitchgathering starting from the beginning of August this year -- come hitch to a beautiful spot 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] or use this article's [[Talk:Hitchgathering/2021|discussion page]] to join the discussion.
<small>The overview over the other location proposals and all the info pertaining to the decision-making process can be found at [[Hitchgathering/2021/Archive]].</small>
==Main Gathering– La Framondié==
=== Date ===
The gathering is "officialy" starting August 2nd 2021. As agreed with the owners of the spot, the gathering will end around August 16th with August 23th being the date where '''everything''' must be clean and everyone has left. Some people will have to get there before to plan things up a bit help build the toilets and some kitchen that we'll be using. Some pregatherings will very probably happen before too.
=== Location ===
'''For more informations, including access, see [[La 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, and there's a collective of about 8-12 people living there. They do gardening and steward the forest, and for the future they are quite interested in offering more activities, camps for children, etc., so we might kind of be their guinea pigs :-)'
==== Pros =Misceallaneous ===
* Swimming! 20 minutes walking Tools: We can borrow tools from them and they have a lot.* Language: Locals speak French and some speak good English, especially in the Tarncollective in La Framondié. Please respect the people there as they are hosting us and this is their living space.* Weather: No rain in summer apart from very rare storms. Forest fire risk, a gorgeous swimmable riverdry climate and mosquitos. Bring sun protection.* Dogs: Don't bring dogs. There are also apparently waterfalls on If really necessary, contact the land that one people living there to ask (you can swim atgo through [[User:Swaden]].* Gorgeous placeHelping: be prepared to help with cooking, legal campingwood collection for winter, cool peoplephytoepuration and buildings for us, participating in assemblies.* COVID-19: 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!
===Infrastructure = Cons == We can't be more than around 50 people otherwise it would be kind of a mess to handle camping and food collectively in La Framondié. All that's lower stands for 50 people and if we end up being 10, it will obviously be different regarding access to kitchen, toilets, etc. ==== Shelter ==== 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. In the forest. No shelters are provided. There is virtually unlimited space for hammocks in the forest. Tents cannot go anywhere since the place is on an incline. There are flat spaces near the houses that could be cleared and are flat. Depending on the people, there is space for tents in these or more lonely in the forest. Overall room is for 15-20 tents. We can for sure build primitive shelters and the collective there would love to build wood cabins on platforms. They have a very big berber yourt (50 people) that we will build in the beginning on the main square so we can have a meeting spot to do activities. Otherwise there is no shelter for 50 people to meet all at once but smaller groups can under the wooden roof. ==== Dumpster diving ====
=== Nearby Infrastructure = Cooking ==== We can't use their kitchen. We are therefore cooking outside, except for the first days with less people during the time we setup an outside kitchen. Try to bring pots as we can only borrow a little. They have a gas stove on a tripod with paella pans but no gas. We'd want to gather wood collectively: lots of dry wood and possibility to cut wood, simply not in only one spot. ==== Transport ==== Cars can be borrowed as long as they're respected and fuel is payed collectively. Bicycles are the same (5 available) but some needs to be fixed and the way in and out of La Framondié is pretty steep. ==== Toilets ==== There is one old dry toilet that is available to put back in service. We can't use theirs as we might be too much people. We might have to build another one the first days. They imperatively have to be underneath the water spring where water is taken. ==== Showers and swimming ==== We can bring or build solar showers. Otherwise there is a small waterfall nearby (Civillizationwith leeches included which mean free ) or the Tarn river. In anyway no soap and industrial products that could damage the flora and fauna. The Tarn river is 25 minute down and 45 minutes up and we can swim in it. ==== Water ==== Drinkable water from a spring at the taps in the house. Bring water containers for yourselves as the camp will not necessarly be close to the taps. ==== Electricity ==== There is from the grid. We will pay collectively for the electricity we use by taking measures from the electricity counter. ==== Internet ==== Unreliable 4G but stable at some spots. Crashes sometimes. No WiFi. === Nearby ===
==== Next town: Réquista (6km) ====
==== Next cities: ====
* [[Albi ]] (48km), population: 50.000
* Rodez (54km), population: 25.000
* Réquista (6km): pharmacy, doctor, dentist
* Saint Affrique(41km): hostpital
* [[Albi ]] (48km): hospital
* Rodez (54km): hospital
===Organizing = Public transport: ====== Questions/local research ====* Réquista (6km): bus ([https://img-scoop-cmsA.P. on the mailing list proposed to ask questions to locals since someone they know lives nearby.airwebRom.fr/uploads/sites/16/722-Albiwill be there around mid-RodezJuly.pdf Albi - Requista - Rodez[[User:Swaden]] got there around June 10th to ask questions and [https://img-scoop-cmspossibly bring some stuff.airweb.fr/uploads/sites/16/219<!-Requista-Rodez-d%C3%A8sList here unanswered questions.-le-01092020.pdf Requista - Rodez])>==== What we have ====* Tanus(29km): traindrinking water* Albi (48km): trainfirewood* Rodez (54km): trainwood for construction ==== What we could bring ====* Toulouse (120km): flixbus, blablabus, trainfood* Montauban (121kmboats, scuba gear and a plan for building a raft for the river :-): flixbus ==== things you can bring ====Games, instruments, blablabustools, train* Montpellier [[User:Tobias|Tobias]] (161[[User talk:Tobias|talk]]): flixbus, blablabus, trainmigh be able to bring an inflatable island and a 12v/5v water turbine === Activities ===
==== Knot workshop =COVID-19 ===
==== Testing====
[[User:Swaden]] will bring around 5 COVID-19 quick tests (they're free in Switzerland) to use in case for more anxious/at-risk people or if someone starts having symptoms.
[[User:Mrmagicmax]] will also bring some from Austria (if he doesn't have to use all of them on the way)
=== 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 congregate 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. Ask for a Carlos.
=== La Vieille Valette, end of July ===
Stickers are available, see the top of the page!
You can order stickers from [[User:Tobias|Tobias]] ([[User talk:Tobias|talk]]).
50pcs/2€, 100pcs/4€; delivery 4€ (Germany 2€). Contact via [https://signal.group/#CjQKIGgw5-FMZ1Sq67CL50LKCkZg-6i0KCDuS24S4uBDyb5IEhAmnOqOcim9eSMm-TJFozyg Signal-group] or [https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/hitch mailing list].
== Online event ==
Some people have proposed the idea of conducting an online event for people not able to attend the gathering.-->