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  1. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Do I need both Proof of Vaccination AND a Negative Test for bus from Pamplona to SJPP

    And as i understand it there are no land travel restrictions inside the Schengen area, only for flights.
  2. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Do I need both Proof of Vaccination AND a Negative Test for bus from Pamplona to SJPP

    You may wish to use the bus to travel from Madrid airport to Pamplona: it leaves from outside terminal four and with a change at Zaragoza arrives in Pamplona bus station. I downloaded the Alsa app to my phone and when i was safely landed and through customs i bought a ticket online then showed...
  3. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Spain Announces State of Alarm until May 2021

    At first glance it would seem to leave Caminos unaffected: the curfew unlikely to affect pilgrims, no restrict on crossing county borders unless local government brings it in, etc.
  4. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Planning to walk the Camino Frances - advice for a novice during Covid

    I'm flying out to Madrid, then bus to Pamplona in mid September.
  5. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Planning to walk the Camino Frances - advice for a novice during Covid

    Hey that's interesting, thanks. And it's only an extra fiver for that cover.
  6. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Planning to walk the Camino Frances - advice for a novice during Covid

    This is true: yet they will have factored in the cost of a return to the UK in any case. If they are unable to move about on their own legs, they'll be in hospital in Spain. Next year there'll be no EHIC and no travel insurance to cover hospital costs. Which suggests they'll have to wait until...
  7. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Planning to walk the Camino Frances - advice for a novice during Covid

    At this moment in time a UK citizen will have access to the Spanish health system through EU membership and the EHIC card and that ends on January 1. After that you must have travel insurance to be covered for health problems and pay for any treatment you have from the Spanish health system. BUT...
  8. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Fuenterroble hostel is hosting a baker's dozen of pilgrims who got stuck on VDLP

    Thank you for this information. I've stayed there twice on the Camino. On the second occasion we woke to sustained rain with hail all day, so I opted to spend the day planning my trip from there to Madrid, thence a return home from Madrid airport. In the chaos of an early morning departure I was...
  9. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Maths and Covid 19

    This is the picture for excess deaths across Europe. This isn't the flu.
  10. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Postponing Our Flights

    To be absolutely sure you really need to postpone it for two years. Postponing one year gives you a smaller amount of certainty: it's possible this may still be going. You also are assuming the airline still exists - many will have gone bust - and you'd need to expect to adjust the actual...
  11. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Plans later in the Year? It is "Who knows?" Time

    Anyone who plans a Camino this year is ignoring the scientific advice given to the UK govt that these restrictions will need to be in place "for at least the best part of a year". That's Christmas, at least. Many airlines are not going to survive this closure for several months, so booking any...
  12. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD COVID-19: Corona virus discussion (Round 4)

    In fact she was here ages before me!
  13. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD COVID-19: Corona virus discussion (Round 4)

    @Kathar1na will no doubt be among in a minute with a more authoritative answer but in the meantime: When a population has sufficient number of its members with an immunity to a virus, that virus can't easily spread to non-immune people and tends to die out. Until that time, if individuals are...
  14. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD COVID-19: Corona virus discussion (Round 4)

    If California can keep infections down to 56 per cent of the population it'll be doing well. The UK chief medical officer thinks 20 per cent infection would be a *good* result. Epidemiologists expect 70 per cent of the world population may get it. If the UK has only 20 per cent, that's 12...
  15. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD COVID-19: Corona virus discussion (Round 4)

    Anyone planning a Camino this year might like to look at this graph. Same goes for next year, I'm beginning to think.
  16. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Plans later in the Year? It is "Who knows?" Time

    https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/17/terrifying-new-research-warns-22-million-could-die-coronavirus-us-without-drastic
  17. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Plans later in the Year? It is "Who knows?" Time

    Totally agree. All the reading I've done suggests 18 months minimum before we'll even be thinking of getting back to normal. UK govt telling us not to travel to any country, anywhere in the world, for 30 days. For the Camino many businesses will have gone by then. So peregrinos will see a very...
  18. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Plans later in the Year? It is "Who knows?" Time

    This link is to a very readable academic paper from Imperial College London. We're looking at 18 months. Time to stay at home and learn Spanish online. https://t.co/ZejfSQcO0Y?amp=1

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