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Cap d'Agde with young family
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By *idingout OP Couple
over a year ago
Southampton |
We are planning to spend a week or two in Cap. We have been before on several occasions and love the place. Better than Hedo or Desire we think.
The big change this time is we will have our nearly three year old with us and we will be camping.
Thoughts welcome- are we mad?
Any one interested in meeting up- probably last two weeks of June
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Im old fashioned in that family holidays should be seperate from holidays that involve swinging meets.
To me cap d'adge is a place for adults and not the environment for children
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By *ans123Couple
over a year ago
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"Im old fashioned in that family holidays should be seperate from holidays that involve swinging meets.
To me cap d'adge is a place for adults and not the environment for children
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lots of familys in late july and Aug best times to go as a family  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Im old fashioned in that family holidays should be seperate from holidays that involve swinging meets.
To me cap d'adge is a place for adults and not the environment for children
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I thought Cap D'Age was a naturist site and naturism is for people of all ages. The swingers have infiltrated the area and I think that's a shame, shame that just because nakedness is involved, people have to equate that with sex.
But on the other hand the OP is giving the impression of wanting a meet during this holiday and I too was wondering what would happen with the child.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes take kids on a naturist holiday by all means ..... but give the swinging a break. To me a family holiday is just that, a special time to do things together as a family.
It's not the time to punt them off to a kids club so one can get a bit of nookie with some strangers.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes take kids on a naturist holiday by all means ..... but give the swinging a break. To me a family holiday is just that, a special time to do things together as a family.
It's not the time to punt them off to a kids club so one can get a bit of nookie with some strangers. "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes take kids on a naturist holiday by all means ..... but give the swinging a break. To me a family holiday is just that, a special time to do things together as a family.
It's not the time to punt them off to a kids club so one can get a bit of nookie with some strangers. "
Surely though - and please accept I'm playing Devils advocate - what is the difference between punting them off to a babysitter for an evening to go and have a meet versus say going to the bar for the evening?
Surely its nice for the parents to be able to kick back and relax for the odd night when on holiday as well?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes take kids on a naturist holiday by all means ..... but give the swinging a break. To me a family holiday is just that, a special time to do things together as a family.
It's not the time to punt them off to a kids club so one can get a bit of nookie with some strangers.
Surely though - and please accept I'm playing Devils advocate - what is the difference between punting them off to a babysitter for an evening to go and have a meet versus say going to the bar for the evening?
Surely its nice for the parents to be able to kick back and relax for the odd night when on holiday as well?
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I can only answer from a personal point of view and tell you that I wouldn't be going to a bar of an evening either. A bottle of wine sitting outside my tent under the stars with my partner, and my kids tucked up asleep was the closest I ever got to a bar at night. As I said before, family holiday meant just that to me, a week or two spent with my family. |
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By *eordiesCouple
over a year ago
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We are there last week in June as every year.
There are many families there at that time, tho we have not met any UK families who take kids and swing. Not saying there aren't tho.
Unless you had reliable and trusted child care would you not be on edge all through any meeting? I know we would, Madeline McCann springs to mind here.
Would you leave a bar of gold in the care of someone you didn't really know? If not, then would you leave something even more valuable with them?
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Is Cap d'Agde for kids? We would say it depends which bit, and the age of the kids.
We would be happy to take younger 3/4/5 year old kids to the campsite and the naturist beach but we would stay well away from the "pigs beach" and wouldn't go anywhere near the Port Nature or Port Ambonne nightlife. Needless to say we would leave the swinging well alone.
As for older kids from say 7/8 upwards we think it would be very difficult to shield them from some of the "other activities" at Le Cap so another naturist venue would be much more suitable.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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" We are there last week in June as every year.
There are many families there at that time, tho we have not met any UK families who take kids and swing. Not saying there aren't tho.
Unless you had reliable and trusted child care would you not be on edge all through any meeting? I know we would, Madeline McCann springs to mind here.
Would you leave a bar of gold in the care of someone you didn't really know? If not, then would you leave something even more valuable with them?
J & S"
It come into my head too about that missing little girl after reading this post and thay was just having a nice evening with her in bed. .......I think when your having fun drinks around other people you don't know .......... its to risky so a BIG NO from me ... family should be away from swinging when so little too . And i know its nudist but most go there to swing too . |
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"Is Cap d'Agde for kids? We would say it depends which bit, and the age of the kids.
We would be happy to take younger 3/4/5 year old kids to the campsite and the naturist beach but we would stay well away from the "pigs beach" and wouldn't go anywhere near the Port Nature or Port Ambonne nightlife. Needless to say we would leave the swinging well alone.
As for older kids from say 7/8 upwards we think it would be very difficult to shield them from some of the "other activities" at Le Cap so another naturist venue would be much more suitable.
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Forgive my lack of knowledge but what is "Pigs Beach" and why stay away from Port Nature and Port Ambonne. I've never been to Cap d'Agde so it would be interesting just to know why you say that about those areas? |
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As it is clear that swinging goes on here I personally wouldn't take children on holiday.
As for others family holidays are for family times together. When I go away withy sister and her kids we don't stay out till late in the bars etc as its not fair on the children. We will get some drinks and take them back to the room to enjoy on the balcony as the children sleep in their beds. I can't stand seeing children asleep in their buggies until late as the parents get pissed at the bar. Then you have to suffer over tired children screaming at the breakfast tabke  |
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Forgive my lack of knowledge but what is "Pigs Beach" and why stay away from Port Nature and Port Ambonne. I've never been to Cap d'Agde so it would be interesting just to know why you say that about those areas?"
The Pigs beach is a local (and sometimes not so local) term for the swinger section of the beach where anything (and pretty much everything) goes.
While Port Nature and Port Ambonne are also home to various shops and restaurants they are also the centre of the more exotic night life. Swinger clubs, sauna clubs, a BDSM club, porn cinema, erotic shops, gangbang disco/club and more can all be found there. We love it, but we wouldn't dream of exposing young kids to it. |
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By *idingout OP Couple
over a year ago
Southampton |
okay thanks for all the comments. Worries us not a little that 'liberated' folk might think we are suspect so how would the real world treat us !!
We know the world is not the same as the last time we were at Cap. We are not going of a shagathon (Google does not understand the word)
We do however have a number of friends with young children and somehow we cope.
I think our idea was not so much having a week fuckfest but having the company of couples in a similar situation that we could sit in our camping chairs with a glass of wine and chat in the way only swingers can |
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"Yes take kids on a naturist holiday by all means ..... but give the swinging a break. To me a family holiday is just that, a special time to do things together as a family.
It's not the time to punt them off to a kids club so one can get a bit of nookie with some strangers.
Surely though - and please accept I'm playing Devils advocate - what is the difference between punting them off to a babysitter for an evening to go and have a meet versus say going to the bar for the evening?
Surely its nice for the parents to be able to kick back and relax for the odd night when on holiday as well?
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Of course it's nice to kick back so simple have a holiday without the kids for you to behave like adults kicking back on a holiday with some swinging thrown in.
And then now this will surprise take a holiday with the kid/kids and behave like a parent on a FAMILY holiday. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I wonder how many of those throwing down judgements from their high horses have actually visited the place?
One of the beaches was packed with families when we went. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't know if things have changed, but I went for several family holidays there in the 70's/80's with naturist parents and I have some happy memories of the place.
I wouldn't take my own kids there because I'm not a naturist. |
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By *ugby 123Couple
over a year ago
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"I wonder how many of those throwing down judgements from their high horses have actually visited the place?
One of the beaches was packed with families when we went."
I didn't see anyone insult the OP, so I am not sure why you are trying to insult those people who gave their thoughts.
The OP did ask " are we mad" so invited comments. Happily we are all different and will post different ones.....there is no need to take offence on anothers nehalf because of that.
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"I wonder how many of those throwing down judgements from their high horses have actually visited the place?
One of the beaches was packed with families when we went."
I don't need to visit a place to know how I would approach a family holiday  |
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Not somewhere that I would have personally taken my children when they were young, as it has been said on here the Cap has been hijacked by swingers to a certain extent and it's not the innocent naturist location it once was...
But we are all different |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I wonder how many of those throwing down judgements from their high horses have actually visited the place?
One of the beaches was packed with families when we went.
I didn't see anyone insult the OP, so I am not sure why you are trying to insult those people who gave their thoughts.
The OP did ask " are we mad" so invited comments. Happily we are all different and will post different ones.....there is no need to take offence on anothers nehalf because of that.
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You could do likewise
I didn't comment on any insults - I commented on some judgements being made on what is (for some) a family venue. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I wonder how many of those throwing down judgements from their high horses have actually visited the place?
One of the beaches was packed with families when we went."
Irrespective of where it's taken if I'm on a family holiday it is about the family, not about meeting up with other swingers. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I wonder how many of those throwing down judgements from their high horses have actually visited the place?
One of the beaches was packed with families when we went.
Irrespective of where it's taken if I'm on a family holiday it is about the family, not about meeting up with other swingers."
Agree with that entirely - we went as an adult only holiday and so used the adult only beaches. But plenty of others used it for their own reasons and the original poster suggests they intend to too.
I don't avoid taking my children to Birmingham because people do naughty things there too - we simply avoid those places. |
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By *ugby 123Couple
over a year ago
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"I wonder how many of those throwing down judgements from their high horses have actually visited the place?
One of the beaches was packed with families when we went.
I didn't see anyone insult the OP, so I am not sure why you are trying to insult those people who gave their thoughts.
The OP did ask " are we mad" so invited comments. Happily we are all different and will post different ones.....there is no need to take offence on anothers nehalf because of that.
You could do likewise
I didn't comment on any insults - I commented on some judgements being made on what is (for some) a family venue."
How childish is your first comment and eye rolling.
I will refer you back to my original post, it only mentions your insult as no one else insulted anyone.
Now as until your comment the thread had stayed on track, let's get it go back to it. |
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"I wonder how many of those throwing down judgements from their high horses have actually visited the place?
One of the beaches was packed with families when we went.
I didn't see anyone insult the OP, so I am not sure why you are trying to insult those people who gave their thoughts.
The OP did ask " are we mad" so invited comments. Happily we are all different and will post different ones.....there is no need to take offence on anothers nehalf because of that.
You could do likewise
I didn't comment on any insults - I commented on some judgements being made on what is (for some) a family venue.
How childish is your first comment and eye rolling.
I will refer you back to my original post, it only mentions your insult as no one else insulted anyone.
Now as until your comment the thread had stayed on track, let's get it go back to it."
Only one comment mentions an insult - yours. Which ironically has then been followed by your own insult.
To be clear - as I read the comments there were some that criticised the original poster and their motives for planning to take their child to Cap. I had already replied with my thoughts based on what we had seen.
Those comments I referred to were made without knoweldge of the original posters intentions - to which they have since responded and so far as I can see along a similar vein of thought as my own.
So I think my thoughts were valid and relevant to the previous discussion. None were insults - so far as I could see they were grown up debate. |
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By *ugby 123Couple
over a year ago
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This could take a while if you are not going to read what I said
As I have work to go to I don't have the time or inclination to post lots of "but you said that "type posts to explain what I have written so I might sum this up for me.
The OP intentions are in the OP and are to play while on a family holiday.
That is their choice.
People posted their thoughts because the OP asked for them.
That is their choice.
You then came along and told people they were on a high horse for doing that.
I questioned your post as I saw it as an insult to the people who had posted their thoughts / a way of throwing the thread off track.
You then didn't like me questioning your post so you changed it round to suit.
There were no insults / slurs on the thread until you mentioned high horse.
Thats it really.
now let's get the thread back to what it was please.
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Right back on topic....
In their first post the Op mentioned Hedo and Desire, so it is safe to assume that they are planning on going to the Cap with swinging in mind and not simple naturism.
If this thread was placed on a Naturists website forum you could understand the thoughts and questions about taking a small child to the resort/area, but as this is a Swingers website and the first post mentioned other Swinging resorts the discussion naturally followed along those lines...
Of course the Cap has areas that are nothing to do with swinging, but it is also fair to add that swingers have made the Cap their preferred European destination and that the swinging side is fast taking over the resort/area making it more difficult to avoid when with young families.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Right back on topic....
In their first post the Op mentioned Hedo and Desire, so it is safe to assume that they are planning on going to the Cap with swinging in mind and not simple naturism.
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That was how I too interpreted the opening post.
I've holidayed with young children all over the continent and they have seen topless/nude bathers on beaches, as they had been brought up with this they had a healthy attitude towards nudity and thought nothing of it.
My stance was that a family holiday means you spend time with the family, not swingers.
Campsites are great places for adults and children meeting and making new friends and you're never alone for long unless you wish to be. Many a happy day or evening has been spent in the company of other new friends and their families. |
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"Right back on topic....
In their first post the Op mentioned Hedo and Desire, so it is safe to assume that they are planning on going to the Cap with swinging in mind and not simple naturism.
If this thread was placed on a Naturists website forum you could understand the thoughts and questions about taking a small child to the resort/area, but as this is a Swingers website and the first post mentioned other Swinging resorts the discussion naturally followed along those lines...
Of course the Cap has areas that are nothing to do with swinging, but it is also fair to add that swingers have made the Cap their preferred European destination and that the swinging side is fast taking over the resort/area making it more difficult to avoid when with young families.
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Have to confess I hadn't taken notice of the reference to other resorts - I'd taken it more as a question as to whether they were mad to take their young child there camping.
At night time it looked to us very much a swinging resort, so not at all suitable for kids. But in the daytime and safely away in the campsite I'd say it seemed fine. It wouldn't be our choice for a family holiday but that's because we would go for our own reasons - but that's our choice, we didn't judge any of the people there with children as being wrong.
I think another factor is the age of the child and that was my first point - at that age our kids took their clothes off at every available opportunity. Now they're older it would be different as their attitude to nudity has become very 'English' and yes absolutely the issue of avoiding the sexual elements would be a concern. But then again so it is when we switch the news over when it reports on gang rapes etc. etc.
I'd say up until about age 3 our choices of holiday tended to be more of our own motivation, but as they've got older it's now more of a priority that it's child friendly. And on the rare occassion we can get away on our own we do the adult thing to make up for it |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
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............I think another factor is the age of the child and that was my first point - at that age our kids took their clothes off at every available opportunity. Now they're older it would be different as their attitude to nudity has become very 'English' and yes absolutely the issue of avoiding the sexual elements would be a concern. But then again so it is when we switch the news over when it reports on gang rapes etc. etc.
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It might be worth pointing out this isn't just an 'English' thing but a 'British' thing.
For some reason the UK has a wholly different attitude towards nudity and naturism from that which prevails across most of the rest of Europe and Scandanavia. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If you were a vanilla naturist family then yep July / August at Cap is perfectly fine with young children, but as you are on this site it would appear you are swingers, so going to the Cap with young kids would be a bit like visiting a cake shop whilst on a diet.
The Med is covered in Naturist camp sites where Swinging is far less overt especially if you go round a bit to Croatia, also they are usually much cheaper than Cap. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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A great place for a holiday if you are primarily going for yourself and your partner I would say. If you are choosing for the children well I would think there are well over 100 better destinations that would be more fun, more to see and more entertaining for young children. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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............I think another factor is the age of the child and that was my first point - at that age our kids took their clothes off at every available opportunity. Now they're older it would be different as their attitude to nudity has become very 'English' and yes absolutely the issue of avoiding the sexual elements would be a concern. But then again so it is when we switch the news over when it reports on gang rapes etc. etc.
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It might be worth pointing out this isn't just an 'English' thing but a 'British' thing.
For some reason the UK has a wholly different attitude towards nudity and naturism from that which prevails across most of the rest of Europe and Scandanavia."
haha didn't want to presume how you like to do things up there |
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i as part of a couple have been cap de agde and several other naturist places in france. ( my kids now older )
if i was going with kids i would have naturist holiday yes but not at cap de agde , i would go somewhere like Euronat very very family friendly
kids only young for a short time!!
yes have swinging weekend in cap de agde but leave kids at home with grand parents or something |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
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lots of familys in late july and Aug best times to go as a family "
August might be a bit warm for a nearly 3 year old. Even late June, as suggested, can be stiffling unless you're used to it. |
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By *idingout OP Couple
over a year ago
Southampton |
Gosh thanks for all the comments
When we posted we just had this vague thought about a holiday and quite apart from the swinging Cap has a great atmosphere.
I think we had already decided that it would not be a swinging holiday however that is not a problem as we tend to only play with people we know and not strangers.
Other non swinging places sound like a good idea however as we mentioned before there is something about the way swingers talk that is very different from the rest of the world. Not talking about sex talk just everyday stuff
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If you are prepared to let your child watch guys walk around with erections and masturbate in front of others than you should be ok. Personally I think it is an adult only resort. |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
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Other non swinging places sound like a good idea ...........
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If you still fancy a naturist holiday in France, check out Montalivet over on the Atlantic coast.
Not as warm as the Cap but a lot more 'French'.
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