As above really, I'll be off to French France next week (A week riding with the white room, Woohoo!) and my Passport is playing hard to get after a house move, although I'm told you can travel within the EU if you have a valid drivers licence. I know where my licence is!
Can anyone confirm that this is indeed correct before I tear my house apart please 😀
TR
You need a passport I'm afraid, we're not part of the Schengen Area yet.
You won't be allowed to leave the country without a valid passport.
start tearing.
You're going nowhere without the passport 🙁
Knickers, Ok then, If you were my passport where would you hide? 😉
I had to use my Passport to fly to Rome, then fly from Milano to Paris.
Also I used the Euro tunnel from Paris to Bristol and I had to go through customs again as I bought a mace and axe...to go with tappestry.
Anyway your passport has info on their screens and your DL is not even good for I.D. or proof of citizenship or working in the U.K.
Would be great if you could though!
You can use your drivers license to get to Ireland - I've done it twice; before I got my first passport (though it's 10 years plus; it's possible it's changed)
Border control was staggering - coming off the ferry at Dublin my mate who was driving was asked 'Where you both from?' - 'England' - 'Right, off you go then' 😮
Found it, it was in the box next to the thingies 😀 Thanks for the clarification though, It's good to know.
UK/Ireland have an open border policy or something
TR - just put it "somewhere safe" now 😆
I've lost two. Missed a Verbier trip a few years ago because of it. AND I'd just built my brand new STD for that trip. I also lost it when I left the UK to move here and almost had to cancel my flights but managed to pay a fortune and get one in a few hours.
I am stupid though 🙁
I now let my GF look after it.
Also I used the Euro tunnel from Paris to Bristol
****in' 'ell zaskar. That's right lush that is...tat there tunnel coming roight out in Brizzle now is 'im? Whereabouts that to then? I moight go an ave a looook.
You can use your drivers license to get to Ireland - I've done it twice;
I've been to Ireland many times without any ID whatsoever
I used my BCF photo ID to get into the Netherlands in 2002...no probs...did that twice...
i travellel all over europe with my army id card as i didnt even have a passport 🙂
Went to France by ferry with nothing... Left my passport at home in Edinburgh, drove to our office in Windermere and realised what had happened. Made a conscious decision to go on a late ferry to Dunkirk knowing that the French are so slack that they wouldnt check my passport, they never have in years I guess they think the UK Border folk do all the work for them...
Arrived in Dover, spotted a barrier up at an unmanned passport booth, nipped through then stoped to ask a policeman what I should do. He turned out to be Special Branch and he said pop across to the Frech police office at the Dover Port. I realised at the time that I was just inviting more problems for myself so calmly walked across to the French police building. And hid around the corner for a few minutes then walked back to my car. Th eSpecial asked how I got on and I replied, "they just said go across".
Got back into my car and drove off, straight into the arms of another copper directing me into the search the car shed.... so its mirrors under the car and all the stuff out of the back. (it was loaded with kit for a programme in Germany for Daimler). Keep cool, dont offer documents and we are off again to check in..
Passport please said the lady. Sorry, forgotten it says I. Travelled before she asked and found my details from a previous trip and we are through wishing her well and hoping we dont meet in three hours....
So its on the ferry, across and off with no problem at all.
Got the passport posted out as I was sure getting back in would involve a lot of questions and possibly a cavity search without a passport....
So there you go!