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Peter, a good idea would be to check the suggested stages and maps on the gronze website https://www.gronze.com/camino-primitivo
The website is in Spanish, but very straight-forward even if you don't know the language. It'll give you an idea of the length of the stages as well as the elevation...
I would have walked about a week before you… didn't see any bulls myself.
Now, the Hospitales route is challenging, but does it require "strong outdoors skills"? I should hardly think so.
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