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Why the France then, just start elsewhere, I recently crossed from Tangier to Algerciras and noticed Camino markers there. I think the France is just a made up thing, you can literally start anywhere, the only rule being you will need a few stamps in the book for the last 100kms, if you are...
Not many. In the UK we have the Foreign and Commonwealth Office who issue travel advice, and if they advice against travel, then most policies will not cover you.
As a slight aside, if anyone struggles for insurance perhaps because of age or medical record, it maybe worth considering the...
That is very interesting, thank you.
For people from the UK with free at point of use healthcare and free MRT and free helicopter rescue, the systems elsewhere are totally alien, and it is very interesting for me to try and see other perspectives.
Thank you again for your posting.
Hence the thread, an attempt to get accurate information.
From what I can gather though, in the UK, MRT volunteers tend to be rather non judgemental and would rather people got out and did things as opposed to not.
An issue in the UK though seems to be Mobile phones enabling people when a tad...
The case I was thinking of in the UK was this https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-66762308 where a rescue got badly injured and subsequently died.
The people rescued were breaking lockdown rules.
Nothing like a €12000 fine.
This case is very different to the UK
Just reading this thread https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/news-from-the-camino.86228/ and the OP mentions people being fined €12000. I knew that you cannot do the Napoleon in certain weather and would have no intention going against any advice.
However from a UK perspective...
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