Driving from Spain to the UK via France (and/or back)

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:05pm

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Gary

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Good afternoon,

Has anyone driven from Spain to the UK via France (or back from the UK) this year so far ?

I understand that from January 6th 2022, France have changed their "essential reason for travel" and will now allow UK citizens who are legally resident in another EU country to drive through France.

Has anyone made this journey by road since then? I am keen to find out if there were any problems as I have a trip planned in the near future.

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Gary

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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:46am

Amanda2764

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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:46am

Hi Gary,

We did the trip last week, absolutely no problems at all, straight through the Spanish boarder with no stops, stayed overnight in a hotel in France then onto Caen for the boat, no issues at the port. Hope your trip goes well.

Amanda

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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:47am

Alan mac

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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:47am

Gary wrote on Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:05pm:
Good afternoon,
Has anyone driven from Spain to the UK via France (or back from the UK) this year so far ?

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I understand that from January 6th 2022, France have changed their "essential reason for travel" and will now allow UK citizens who are legally resident in another EU country to drive through France.
Has anyone made this journey by road since then? I am keen to find out if there were any problems as I have a trip planned in the near future.
Thanks
Gary

Hi we left Spain Jan 3 drive to France overnighting in Bayonne then up to Brittany for 5 days then departing from Caen to Portsmouth without any problems no one requested to see anything other than passports !

Although we did have all the required paperwork