May 14th - The Race to the Sun
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
The Independent
3.6 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
With three days remaining before the ban on international travel is listed, we still don’t know if Portugal – the only major, viable tourist destination – will welcome British holidaymaker.
If you are tempted to get away, I have the starters in the “race to the sun” that begins at dawn on Monday.
And there’s a call from the first minister of Wales to holiday at home this year.
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| 0:28.1 | or pelvic health specialist. Hello and thanks for joining me. It's Friday the 14th of May and |
| 0:36.9 | here's the very latest on travel and destinations |
| 0:39.9 | from the Green List. Today, well, with three days remaining before the ban on international travel |
| 0:47.9 | is lifted, we still don't know if Portugal, which is, after all, the only major viable |
| 0:53.6 | tourist destination will welcome British |
| 0:56.2 | holidaymakers. If you're tempted to get away, though, I've got the full starters in the race |
| 1:02.8 | to the sun that begins at dawn on Monday, and there's a call from the First Minister of Wales |
| 1:08.9 | to holiday at home this year. |
| 1:13.4 | So what a day it has been. |
| 1:17.7 | I've spent pretty much most of the morning trying to find out what is happening with Portugal. |
| 1:23.5 | Just a reminder, from Monday the 17th of May, you will be able legally to leave the country, something that's been impossible for 19 weeks. That's terrific news, except that there are, of course, many tangled rules and requirements in the way. First of all, does the country |
| 1:48.2 | you're going to actually want you? And many of them have said, yes, we will take you as long as you |
| 1:55.2 | meet these criteria, typically for having a jab or being tested. Others are saying, no, we don't want you. Some are saying, |
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