Driving to Santander 21 March

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:36am

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Our return ferry for 30 March has been cancelled by Brittany Ferries but we have managed to rebook for next Saturday. We can drive to Santander in 7.5 hours door to door without having to leave the car (apart from refilling and loo stops!) and regard this as "returning to habitual residence". Does anyone know if we need to get a pass from the Guardia Civil or suchlike?

We need to return as my car will have been in Spain for almost six months at the beginning of April, not because we want to go!!!

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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 4:43pm

jimtaylor

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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 4:43pm

No pass needed. Just have your ferry tickets to hand in case you are stopped.

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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:14pm

CamillaSW

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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:14pm

jimtaylor wrote on Sun Mar 15, 2020 4:43pm:
No pass needed. Just have your ferry tickets to hand in case you are stopped.

Many thanks, Jim. You're wonderful as ever! But do you know this for a fact or are you using your common sense? It does seem the obvious answer

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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:39pm

wilky39

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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:39pm

CamillaSW wrote on Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:14pm:
Many thanks, Jim. You're wonderful as ever! But do you know this for a fact or are you using your common sense? It does seem the obvious answer

I think Jim is correct. The British embassy and local consulates report 'just show return ferry tickets if stopped'.

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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:46am

Alancx

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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:46am

We drove back to UK on Thursday with no problems. No police n the motorway and not much traffic. We had booked a ferry but it was cancelled. We met someone on the way that had two ferry bookings cancelled so getting a booking does not guarantee it will run.