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I took my motorbike round europe a couple years ago went: UK - Netherlands - Germany - Czech Republic - Germany - Austria - Italy - Switzerland - France - Belgium - France - UK.
Only needed my passport once - to get back into the UK. Why are we so paranoid - the rest of Europe don't seem to be overrun.
You need to be able to prove your identity using a robust form of ID. an expired passport will do for this purpose
When I tried to use an expired passport for my mortgage application they point blank refused because as it had expired it was no longer a valid form of ID. YMMV, you might well get through the tunnel fine but it is a risk of some potential PITA discussion with the border controls peolpe.
Only needed my passport once - to get back into the UK. Why are we so paranoid - the rest of Europe don't seem to be overrun.
The rest of europe doesn't have quite the same population density, exploitable laws and positive view in the eyes of potential illegals I guess.
Why are we so paranoid - the rest of Europe don't seem to be overrun.
What do you mean not overrun, it's full of bloody foreigners.
They wake children to check they're not being abducted, drugged.
Flight to Milan a few years ago (Mrs North for work, me for hols + bike riding).
At check-in nice and early (to get bike on flight) and attendant says "thank you for both your passports, Mr North - where is yours Mrs North?"
Cue taxi. Frantic phone call from Mrs North "I've looked effing everywhere and I can't find it."
Just as well I'd seen it in a pile of paperwork a few days before, otherwise I'd have been teaching a summer school on Bioinformatics beside Lake Como.... 😯
I took my motorbike round europe a couple years ago went: UK - Netherlands - Germany - Czech Republic - Germany - Austria - Italy - Switzerland - France - Belgium - France - UK.Only needed my passport once - to get back into the UK. Why are we so paranoid
All those other countries have thousands of miles of land borders, we've just become overprotective because it's easy for us to do. And as a generalisation the Brits love rules and queueing 🙂
I took my motorbike round europe a couple years ago went: UK - Netherlands - Germany - Czech Republic - Germany - Austria - Italy - Switzerland - France - Belgium - France - UK.
Schengen?
You would have had to show your passport to re-enter any of those countries if you had left the Schengen area? (Probably).
She will be alright as long as she doesnt answer to maddie
Ok sic but.?