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I think that the idea is to travel to Piortugal (permitted by UK after May 17th) - walk or bus into Spain - return to Portugal and back to UK. The problem is that at present Portugal wont let UK citizens in!
The British FCO advice on foreign travel on their website is always the current advice
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice
It will change on May 17th - but not before.
In the UK there has been a triumph over developers
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/mar/21/rising-from-the-rubble-london-pub-rebuilt-brick-by-brick-after-bulldozing
It is a rare resulrt!
It takes Two to Tango! We need our home country to be happy that we won't bring Covid with us when we return. We also need our destination country to agree to let us in!
I found that NOT having a smartphone is a blessing on a Camino. It gave me more time to meditate and interact with other pilgrims. The weight of a Brierly guide is not significant and I need not worry about a flat battery!
The Camino goes past it's entrance. See https://www.godelia.es/en/winery/
We can get it for 11.75 euros https://www.decantalo.com/en/godelia-tinto.html
I am not sure how reliable the Spanish Postal Service is but you could post a suitcase (in a box?) to four or five stages ahead. This would reduce your daily pack load. We did this on a trek across Switzerland some years ago.
We traveled the Coastal Easy Camino last year with Caminoways. All went well. Our only disability was Old Age! The longest day was 20km into Vigo. You could reduce this by walking further on the day before and then getting a taxi back to the night's lodging. On the following morning gat a taxi...
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