WHILE I admire the efforts of Mike Goddard who is soon to trek 800km across Spain on the Camino Trail at the age of 73 I am a little concerned about his well being.

He stated that he “medically died” while on a trip to America in 2011.

He subsequently lost all his money due to the cost of his care.

He obviously did not take out any travel insurance for his trip as this would have covered him for all his expenses.

I recently retired from working in the travel industry for over 25 years and always stressed how important travel insurance is. I hope Mr Goddard has a successful trip and hope that he has taken out travel insurance.

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