Something Wild Festival - SwimRun, Trail Running and Wild Swim
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From Wild Running Ltd
Friday 8th – Sunday 10th September 2023
Past event
16:00
Kingsbridge
£5.00–£100.00 · 22 races
5km, 10km, Half Marathon, Marathon, Ultra
Event summary
Get ready for an unforgettable adventure at the 9th Something Wild Festival, taking place from Friday, September 8th to Sunday, September 10th, 2023, in the stunning coastal town of Kingsbridge, Devon. Organized by Wild Running Ltd, this festival celebrates the great outdoors with exhilarating SwimRun events, invigorating trail running, and refreshing wild swims, all set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Avon and Salcombe estuaries and the iconic South West Coast Path.
This year, the festival promises to be bigger and better than ever, featuring a Friday night guided run, followed by live music and a delightful children’s film night. On Saturday, participants can choose from a 5k or 10k race, while Sunday showcases the half marathon, marathon, and the Summit Wild Ultra, along with a variety of kid-friendly races. With a fantastic campsite accommodating up to 50 tents, plus amenities like extra toilet facilities and a circus tent for music, the festival is designed for families and adventure seekers alike. Join us for an autumn to remember, packed with local food, a drinks bar, outdoor yoga, and a bouncy castle for the kids! Don’t miss out on this incredible weekend celebrating nature and community with Wild
This year, the festival promises to be bigger and better than ever, featuring a Friday night guided run, followed by live music and a delightful children’s film night. On Saturday, participants can choose from a 5k or 10k race, while Sunday showcases the half marathon, marathon, and the Summit Wild Ultra, along with a variety of kid-friendly races. With a fantastic campsite accommodating up to 50 tents, plus amenities like extra toilet facilities and a circus tent for music, the festival is designed for families and adventure seekers alike. Join us for an autumn to remember, packed with local food, a drinks bar, outdoor yoga, and a bouncy castle for the kids! Don’t miss out on this incredible weekend celebrating nature and community with Wild
Something Wild Festival - SwimRun, Trail Running and Wild Swim
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Races
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Summit Wild Ultra
Sunday 8.00am
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£55.00
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Marathon
Sunday 8.00am
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£40.00
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Half Marathon
Sunday 10am
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£30.00
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10k
Saturday 10am
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£20.00
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5k
Saturday 10am
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£17.00
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Kids 1k & 2k
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£7.00
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5k Night Run
Friday 6.00pm
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£17.00
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Weekend on-site parking
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£5.00
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Relay Ticket SwimRun LONG
Team of 2Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£70.00 per team
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Relay Ticket SwimRun SHORT
Team of 2Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£45.00 per team
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Swim Run Long (pairs)
Team of 2Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£100.00 per team
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Swim Run Short (pairs)
Team of 2Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£44.00 per team
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Forest School - Saturday
For children aged between 3 and 12 (plus older in some instances if you can request this)
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£7.00
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Forest School - Sunday
For children aged between 3 and 12 (plus older in some instances if you can request this)
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£7.00
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Rocky Horror Swim Run Medium: Solo
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£38.00
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The Rock Hard Coast Sea Swim 1 1/2 miles
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£32.00
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SwimRun LONG (16.5 miles) Solo
The Rocky Horror SwimRun will cover 16.5 miles incorporating 4 swim sections and 3 run sections, finishing at the festival site in Inner Hope. Swim legs: 500m swim X 4 with 2 10k loops and 1 X 5k loop.
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£55.00
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Swim Run SHORT (7 miles) Solo
The SwimRun Short includes a 500m swim in Hope Cove, followed by a 10k lap and a second 500m swim in Hope Cove.
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£28.00
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Weekender Ticket (1 person no kids)
Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£31.00
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Weekender ticket (2 people)
Team of 2Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£52.00 per team
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Weekender Ticket (3 people)
Team of 3Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£60.00 per team
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Weekender ticket (4 people)
Team of 4Entries closedFriday 8th Sep 2023
£70.00 per team
Event information
The routes all start out in our festival field- just a stone's throw from Hope Cove, making it an ideal location for spectators, as well as participants and for families.
All routes start out tracing the SW Coast path towards South Milton, with the marathon and ultra heading to Bantham and Aveton Gifford before doubling back and the ultra then heads back out to Salcombe, before doubling back. GPx files will be available for all routes, which will also be marked.
All routes start out tracing the SW Coast path towards South Milton, with the marathon and ultra heading to Bantham and Aveton Gifford before doubling back and the ultra then heads back out to Salcombe, before doubling back. GPx files will be available for all routes, which will also be marked.
Parking is available in the festival field for £5, which includes the whole weekend.
Galmpton, Kingsbridge, Devon TQ7 3EY
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Friday:
Festival site opens at 3pm. This year, we will have site manager and staff to welcome you
6pm: Our swim leader will lead a swim down at Hope Cove.
5pm: Registration opens for all events
festival cafe for all diets
6:00pm Guided Evening (family friendly) Run
7pm: Speaker’s evening lineup TBC + film night for kids in an adjacent tent
9.00pm: Night run (family friendly)
Saturday
9am: Registration opens for 5k/10k runs
10am: Registration opens for swim runs and Rock Hard Coast swim
10am: Start of 5k/10k runs
12.30pm: Start of Rock Hard Coast sea swim
1.30pm: Start of swim runs and afternoon forest school
10am: Start of 10k/5k races + forest school (discounts to people who also run on Saturday or Friday)
** catering throughout the day
4pm: Kids races in festival field (U8s and 8 to 12)
5pm to 7pm: cafe suitable for all diets + foods throughout the day (lovely!)
6pm: Presentation evening
7pm: Music and bar at the festival site in the festival tent
Sunday
8.00am: Start of marathon and ultra
We will walk you over from the festival site or you can collect your race packs on Saturday.
10am: Start of half marathon
10am to 12pm: Forest School Session 1
12 noon: cafe
1.30pm to 3.30pm: Forest School Session 2
4pm: Presentation evening
Festival site opens at 3pm. This year, we will have site manager and staff to welcome you
6pm: Our swim leader will lead a swim down at Hope Cove.
5pm: Registration opens for all events
festival cafe for all diets
6:00pm Guided Evening (family friendly) Run
7pm: Speaker’s evening lineup TBC + film night for kids in an adjacent tent
9.00pm: Night run (family friendly)
Saturday
9am: Registration opens for 5k/10k runs
10am: Registration opens for swim runs and Rock Hard Coast swim
10am: Start of 5k/10k runs
12.30pm: Start of Rock Hard Coast sea swim
1.30pm: Start of swim runs and afternoon forest school
10am: Start of 10k/5k races + forest school (discounts to people who also run on Saturday or Friday)
** catering throughout the day
4pm: Kids races in festival field (U8s and 8 to 12)
5pm to 7pm: cafe suitable for all diets + foods throughout the day (lovely!)
6pm: Presentation evening
7pm: Music and bar at the festival site in the festival tent
Sunday
8.00am: Start of marathon and ultra
We will walk you over from the festival site or you can collect your race packs on Saturday.
10am: Start of half marathon
10am to 12pm: Forest School Session 1
12 noon: cafe
1.30pm to 3.30pm: Forest School Session 2
4pm: Presentation evening
If camping really isn’t your thing, there are plenty of Air BNB places around Hope Cove and the South Hams.
Burton Farm is perhaps the nearest, as the farmer owns the festival fields. It’s a charming restored 15th century farmhouse, set among 325 acres.
You will need to book early however
Burton Farm is perhaps the nearest, as the farmer owns the festival fields. It’s a charming restored 15th century farmhouse, set among 325 acres.
You will need to book early however
Kid’s race
This will include a lap and two laps of the festival site so parents and family can cheer on young runners.
5k and 10k
The 5k and 10k routes include a loop up to Bolberry Down, along the SW Coast path. The 5k heads back down a grassy meadow to the fisherman’s hut at Inner Hope and the slipway, then back through the festival site front entrance.
The 10k continues to Cartehole Point then back via the inland footpath, rejoining the outbound route and right at Bolberry Down, via the tarmac hill to Bolberry and back through the festival site rear entrance.
Half Marathon
This is a breathtaking route, which follows the South West Coast path, out towards Bolt Head after an early ascent to Bolt Tail and Bolberry Down, past Soar Mill Cove and turning around at the far end of South Sands in Salcombe, then back via the coast path, turning right down the tarmac road to Bolberry, finishing at the festival site rear entrance in Hope Cove.
Marathon
This is a breathtaking route, which follows the South West Coast path, out towards Bolt Head after an early ascent to Bolt Tail and Bolberry Down, past Soar Mill Cove and turning around at the far end of South Sands in Salcombe, then back via the coast path, to Bantham and Averton Gifford, doubling back once more and finishing at the festival site via the front entrance in Hope Cove.
Ultra
This is a breathtaking route, which follows the South West Coast path, out towards Bolt Head after an early ascent to Bolt Tail and Bolberry Down, past Soar Mill Cove and turning around at the far end of South Sands in Salcombe, then back via the coast path, to Bantham and Averton Gifford, doubling back and then adding on the 10k loop, before finishing at the festival site via the front entrance, in Hope Cove.
This will include a lap and two laps of the festival site so parents and family can cheer on young runners.
5k and 10k
The 5k and 10k routes include a loop up to Bolberry Down, along the SW Coast path. The 5k heads back down a grassy meadow to the fisherman’s hut at Inner Hope and the slipway, then back through the festival site front entrance.
The 10k continues to Cartehole Point then back via the inland footpath, rejoining the outbound route and right at Bolberry Down, via the tarmac hill to Bolberry and back through the festival site rear entrance.
Half Marathon
This is a breathtaking route, which follows the South West Coast path, out towards Bolt Head after an early ascent to Bolt Tail and Bolberry Down, past Soar Mill Cove and turning around at the far end of South Sands in Salcombe, then back via the coast path, turning right down the tarmac road to Bolberry, finishing at the festival site rear entrance in Hope Cove.
Marathon
This is a breathtaking route, which follows the South West Coast path, out towards Bolt Head after an early ascent to Bolt Tail and Bolberry Down, past Soar Mill Cove and turning around at the far end of South Sands in Salcombe, then back via the coast path, to Bantham and Averton Gifford, doubling back once more and finishing at the festival site via the front entrance in Hope Cove.
Ultra
This is a breathtaking route, which follows the South West Coast path, out towards Bolt Head after an early ascent to Bolt Tail and Bolberry Down, past Soar Mill Cove and turning around at the far end of South Sands in Salcombe, then back via the coast path, to Bantham and Averton Gifford, doubling back and then adding on the 10k loop, before finishing at the festival site via the front entrance, in Hope Cove.
How do I book camping?
FESTIVAL TICKETS WITH CAMPING (INCLUDES 2 NIGHTS CAMPING, FOREST SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, GUIDED WILD SWIM, BAND & SPEAKERS EVENING)
If you’ve already entered a race & want to book a Festival Ticket with camping use the Festival ticket link below
BOOK FESTIVAL TICKET WITH CAMPING
If you’ve entered one or more races and you or your family want to attend some of the events but don’t want to camp (eg Speakers Evening & Forest School) there are tickets for these options also.
Is there a charge for children?
To book a place for your child for camping and/or forest school, please register for a race on our Festival Booking page.
For families who don’t want to camp you can book Forest School places for an additional fee.
For the kids races, you have to register your child and pay a small entry fee.
For the comedy night, kids go free (or we will run. tandem film night so kids can watch films instead but parents/guardians will have to accompany them)
FESTIVAL TICKETS WITH CAMPING (INCLUDES 2 NIGHTS CAMPING, FOREST SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, GUIDED WILD SWIM, BAND & SPEAKERS EVENING)
If you’ve already entered a race & want to book a Festival Ticket with camping use the Festival ticket link below
BOOK FESTIVAL TICKET WITH CAMPING
If you’ve entered one or more races and you or your family want to attend some of the events but don’t want to camp (eg Speakers Evening & Forest School) there are tickets for these options also.
Is there a charge for children?
To book a place for your child for camping and/or forest school, please register for a race on our Festival Booking page.
For families who don’t want to camp you can book Forest School places for an additional fee.
For the kids races, you have to register your child and pay a small entry fee.
For the comedy night, kids go free (or we will run. tandem film night so kids can watch films instead but parents/guardians will have to accompany them)
You can drop your kids at forest school from 10am to 11 on Sunday or 3pm to 4pm, with our experienced and qualified forest school leader, while taking part in an event, or one of our guided wild swims.
To join the forest school, you can buy tickets separately or book weekender tickets (camping and parking).
To join the forest school, you can buy tickets separately or book weekender tickets (camping and parking).
We have extended the Rock Hard Coast Sea swim to Inner Hope and to make it a 1.5 mile guided event rather than a race.
Starting from South Sands beach, swimmers will swim through the needle to Inner Hope. A full safety team will be provided.
The swim forms part of the Something Wild Festival, based in Inner Hope and swimmers can leave their cars there, as well as booking camping in the festival field.
Itinerary
Registration
11.30am to 12.30pm next to the Beach Shack and public toilets at Southern Sands.
12.30pm start of guided swim
1.30pm to 2.00pm expected finish at Inner Hope
**This is not a race but a guided 1.5 mile swim. Swimmers will have to make their own transport arrangements but can leave their cars at the festival site at Inner Hope.**
Kit List
- goggles
- swim cap
- tow buoy
- wetsuit optional
Starting from South Sands beach, swimmers will swim through the needle to Inner Hope. A full safety team will be provided.
The swim forms part of the Something Wild Festival, based in Inner Hope and swimmers can leave their cars there, as well as booking camping in the festival field.
Itinerary
Registration
11.30am to 12.30pm next to the Beach Shack and public toilets at Southern Sands.
12.30pm start of guided swim
1.30pm to 2.00pm expected finish at Inner Hope
**This is not a race but a guided 1.5 mile swim. Swimmers will have to make their own transport arrangements but can leave their cars at the festival site at Inner Hope.**
Kit List
- goggles
- swim cap
- tow buoy
- wetsuit optional
The Rocky Horror Swim Run is part of the Something Wild Festival weekend in South Devon, with the events taking place at the beautiful Hope Cove.
It includes a LONG 16.5 mile swim run with 4 swim sessions and 3 run legs, a MEDIUM with 3 swim legs and 2 runs legs and a SHORT 7 mile swim run with 2 swim legs and 1 run leg.(All distances have two very short run sections at the beginning and end of less than 400m)
All participants will collect their race packs on Friday evening or Saturday morning at the festival site in Inner Hope.
Races will start just before high tide at 1.30pm from the festival site in Hope Cove.
Registration and the prize ceremony, take place at the festival site in Hope Cove.
What is the route?
All swim runs start and finish at the festival site in Hope Cove.
Swim runners will enter the water at Inner Hope for their first swim, via a marker buoy or one of our safety kayakers before running completing a10k loop towards Soar Cove following the south west coast path and back inland along the footpaths
Participants will then return to Inner Hope for their second swim.
The route: LONG swim runners complete 2x 10k laps and 1x 5k lap, MEDIUM do 2x 10k laps and 2x swims SHORT do 1x 10k lap.
NB: Tickets include solos, relays and pairs categories
What’s included:
tag RFID mat timing
branded swim cap
professional water safety team
marked route
GPX files
feed stations
marshals
prizes
toilets and parking (there may be a small fee for parking at festival site)
access to festival
festival cafe and bar
camping (optional extra)
It includes a LONG 16.5 mile swim run with 4 swim sessions and 3 run legs, a MEDIUM with 3 swim legs and 2 runs legs and a SHORT 7 mile swim run with 2 swim legs and 1 run leg.(All distances have two very short run sections at the beginning and end of less than 400m)
All participants will collect their race packs on Friday evening or Saturday morning at the festival site in Inner Hope.
Races will start just before high tide at 1.30pm from the festival site in Hope Cove.
Registration and the prize ceremony, take place at the festival site in Hope Cove.
What is the route?
All swim runs start and finish at the festival site in Hope Cove.
Swim runners will enter the water at Inner Hope for their first swim, via a marker buoy or one of our safety kayakers before running completing a10k loop towards Soar Cove following the south west coast path and back inland along the footpaths
Participants will then return to Inner Hope for their second swim.
The route: LONG swim runners complete 2x 10k laps and 1x 5k lap, MEDIUM do 2x 10k laps and 2x swims SHORT do 1x 10k lap.
NB: Tickets include solos, relays and pairs categories
What’s included:
tag RFID mat timing
branded swim cap
professional water safety team
marked route
GPX files
feed stations
marshals
prizes
toilets and parking (there may be a small fee for parking at festival site)
access to festival
festival cafe and bar
camping (optional extra)
- Rocky Horror LONG 16.5 miles (swim 2000m/run 15.0 miles)
- Rocky Horror Medium 13 miles (swim 1500m/run12 miles
- Rocky Horror Short 7 miles (swim 1000m/run 6 miles)
Organiser's description
The 9th Something Wild Festival 2023 has Devon’s best trail running routes at its heart, a wonderful new venue and new routes, taking in the Avon and Salcombe estuaries and some of the best sections of the South West Coast Path
We have a fantastic venue for the Something Wild Festival, close to the sea, which sits at the fulcrum of the event routes and we’ve found the perfect spot, with the camping site, at the fulcrum of the race routes. We have moved the festival back to September, so there is little chance of ‘scrub fires’, which have occurred on this coastline in the summer.
Make this an autumn to remember and bring your family.
This year, we are kicking off the festival with a Friday night race, preceded by a cafe and bar, selling beer and non alcoholic beer.
Make this a summer to remember and bring your family.
This year, we are kicking off the festival with a Friday night guided run, which will be followed with live music and a children's film night.
The Festival site
The farmer has Kindly given access to his fields, overlooking the idyllic Hope Cove, and you’ll be hard pressed to find a better location to wake up to in the south west. close to ideal swimming spots in Hope Cove, East Soar and Bantham Bay.
The campsite is suitable for up to 50 tents, parking and camper vans, as well as and serving as the fulcrum for all our trail events, which is ideal for spectators.
We’ll be offering extra toilet facilities, as well as the Fishermen's Reading Rooms for our speaker’s evening and bar and a circus tent on site for music, as well as a festival fire with acoustic music, plus a bouncy castle for children.
Unique South West Coast Path Trails:
We have lined up some of the best coast routes on the South West Coast path for our night run, 5k, 10k or half marathon, marathon and Summit Wild Ultra as well as kid’s races.
We will kick off the festival with a night time run on Friday before the 10k and 5k on Saturday as well as swim runs and Rock Hard Coast swims and the half marathon, marathon and ultra on Sunday.
On the Saturday evening, there will be a speaker's evening in the Reading Rooms, plus a music night at the festival site in the circus tent.
Forest School:
You can drop your kids at forest school from 10am to 12 noon and 1.30 to 3.30pm on either day, with our experienced and qualified forest school leaders. To join the forest school, you have to have booked separately to the weekend ticket.
Entertainment:
There’ll be live music on Friday and Saturday evening and a speakers evening on Saturday evening to kick start the weekend.
Other stuff:
Kids races, a bouncy castle, local food, a drinks bar and a speaker’s evening and film night. outdoor yoga and a wild swim.
We have a fantastic venue for the Something Wild Festival, close to the sea, which sits at the fulcrum of the event routes and we’ve found the perfect spot, with the camping site, at the fulcrum of the race routes. We have moved the festival back to September, so there is little chance of ‘scrub fires’, which have occurred on this coastline in the summer.
Make this an autumn to remember and bring your family.
This year, we are kicking off the festival with a Friday night race, preceded by a cafe and bar, selling beer and non alcoholic beer.
Make this a summer to remember and bring your family.
This year, we are kicking off the festival with a Friday night guided run, which will be followed with live music and a children's film night.
The Festival site
The farmer has Kindly given access to his fields, overlooking the idyllic Hope Cove, and you’ll be hard pressed to find a better location to wake up to in the south west. close to ideal swimming spots in Hope Cove, East Soar and Bantham Bay.
The campsite is suitable for up to 50 tents, parking and camper vans, as well as and serving as the fulcrum for all our trail events, which is ideal for spectators.
We’ll be offering extra toilet facilities, as well as the Fishermen's Reading Rooms for our speaker’s evening and bar and a circus tent on site for music, as well as a festival fire with acoustic music, plus a bouncy castle for children.
Unique South West Coast Path Trails:
We have lined up some of the best coast routes on the South West Coast path for our night run, 5k, 10k or half marathon, marathon and Summit Wild Ultra as well as kid’s races.
We will kick off the festival with a night time run on Friday before the 10k and 5k on Saturday as well as swim runs and Rock Hard Coast swims and the half marathon, marathon and ultra on Sunday.
On the Saturday evening, there will be a speaker's evening in the Reading Rooms, plus a music night at the festival site in the circus tent.
Forest School:
You can drop your kids at forest school from 10am to 12 noon and 1.30 to 3.30pm on either day, with our experienced and qualified forest school leaders. To join the forest school, you have to have booked separately to the weekend ticket.
Entertainment:
There’ll be live music on Friday and Saturday evening and a speakers evening on Saturday evening to kick start the weekend.
Other stuff:
Kids races, a bouncy castle, local food, a drinks bar and a speaker’s evening and film night. outdoor yoga and a wild swim.
Location
TQ7 3EY, Kingsbridge, United Kingdom
Something Wild Festival - SwimRun, Trail Running and Wild Swim
WR
Wild Running Ltd
Wild Running Events started out putting on four events for what is now the Wild Night Run Series in 2012, as well as the Something Wild trail running festival and now organises swimruns in the southwest as well as an Ultra race on Dartmoor, all in unique and beautiful surroundings.
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