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Updated 4 August: Given my recent mailbag there seems to be some confusion over travel rights after Brexit, assuming it happens with or without a deal on 31 October. A restriction will be in place for British travellers (just as for other third-country, i.e. non-EU, nationals) and the EU has confirmed that it will apply whether there’s a deal or not.
The restriction is that British travellers will only be able to spend a maximum of 90 days in the Schengen area (see HERE) in any 180-day period. This period is counted always from the last visit: essentially, whenever anyone wants to enter the Schengen area, they should look at the immediately prior three months and calculate how many days they have left out of their 90 for that period.
This 90 days in a 180-day period is, in fact, equivalent to the short-stay Schengen visa from which, thanks to the EU, British nationals will be exempted after Brexit. Longer visas will be available to applicants, but any visas for visits exceeding the short-term Schengen period (90/180) remain subject to national procedures. This means that applications will have to be made to Spain for a “long duration visa” – see HERE: I have no specific information at present about these but know from experience that they are convoluted and costly in application, and difficult to acquire.
Source: Janet Anscombe
Windsurfer dies at El Médano
A windsurfer died this lunchtime in El Médano. Emergency services say that they were called out at a quarter past one by lifeguards reporting that they needed assistance after pulling the man from the sea unconscious and finding him in cardiac arrest. Depiste their...
Evacuated El Fraile apartment block visited by Council and technicians
Updated 19 August: Arona muncipal technicians have visited the apartment block along with experts for the insurance company in order to establish the works required to make the building safe. The council says that during the visit the central pillar of the ground...
Fire in Vilaflor barranco under control
Updated 7am: The Vilaflor fire is under control this morning, Bomberos confirm. Brifor (forestry brigade) continues to monitor to ensure no fresh outbreaks occur while the fire is being finally extinguished. Updated 8.30pm: The Vilaflor/San Miguel fire has been...
Leah Wilson can finally go home after tragic accident on holiday in Tenerife
The family of 17-year-old Leah Wilson has thanked the nearly 800 fundraisers who generated €13,000 to return her body home to Bridgwater in Somerset after she died last Monday in an accident while on holiday in Tenerife. The family were unable to raise the money...
Cabildo bans BBQs and related activities in mountains from midnight tonight in view of maximum forest fire risk
Updated 15 August: Given the weather forecast and Aemet’s alert for high temperatures this weekend, and the Canarian Government’s forest fire risk alert issued yesterday, the Tenerife Cabildo has issued a ban on all mountain activities from midnight tonight. Until...
Patera brought into Los Cristianos with 8 of 36 occupants taken to hospital
Updated 10 August: The patera discovered 50km due south of Tenerife yesterday was towed into Los Cristianos harbour around 10pm last night, with police, red cross, medical personnel and emergency services all waiting for its arrival. There were 36 on board including...
Gran Canaria fire finally declared under control
Updated 2.30pm: The Canarian Government has declared the Artenara fire under control this afternoon. The protocols will remain in place while ground crews are damping down and bringing the fire to final extinction. Air crews have been withdrawn. At last! Updated 14...
Canarian Government issues forest fire risk alert as Aemet issues yellow alert for hot and dry spell this weekend
The Met Office has issued a yellow alert for high temperatures with calima from tomorrow in the Canaries, affecting Tenerife especially from Friday. Nothing out of the ordinary is expected, and indeed compared to some summer calimas this will be nothing special at...
Today 14 August is World Lizard Day
Today, apparently, is World Lizard Day. I myself live in the mountains in a dry stone wall cottage which is home to hundreds if not thousands of the famous Tenerife Wall Lizard, Gallotia galloti, of which there are various sub-species. They share our lives, and we...
Elderly swimmer dies at Puertito de Güímar
An 81-year-old man died this morning at Puertito de Güímar’s Playa del Cabezo. Emergency services say that they were called out just before 9am with reports that the man had been pulled unconscious from the water, with fellow bathers attempting resuscitation. Sadly,...
Thursday 15 August is a public holiday
Just a reminder that this Thursday, 15 August, is a public holiday for Asunción (Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven), the fiestas patronales for the whole island, and the focal point of the celebrations is the veneration of the Virgin in Candelaria itself – see...
Los Corazones de Tejina
Photo: Turismo Tenerife. In a similar vein to the Los Realejos fireworks in May, another Tenerife town has a competition between streets. During this month, three huge hearts – each one 12 metres tall and not far off the weight of a small car – will be the centrepiece...
