Lost and . . . reunited!

[Jeff Crawley]

I've recounted how, on the last night of my Camino Ingles in May 2018, I lost both my British passport and my credencial - fortunately after getting my Compostela.

I reported both losses to the authorities and even checked with the Pilgrim Office when I returned to work there in the October.

Imagine my surprise today, six and a half years later, when the postman delivered a letter from the British Embassy in Madrid with the missing credencial! It's in pristine condition and there was no covering note to explain where it has been but I now have all six of them stored safely away.

The lesson being to make sure you write your contact details down as soon as the credencial is issued.

Buen Camino to all.

 

[SabsP]

Wow!! Happy dance @Jeff Crawley.

 

[Kirkie]

That is a lovely good news story to end the day! And they even have the correct possessive, properly referencing the monarch! I hope they can recycle surplus from the time of Elizabeth...
So, you now have your complete camino passport collection.
You are aware some people do not 'believe' in filling in details on the credencial. Your case proves the point.
What about your national passport?

 

[Jeff Crawley]

That is a lovely good news story to end the day! And they even have the correct possessive, properly referencing the monarch! I hope they can recycle surplus from the time of Elizabeth...
So, you now have your complete camino passport collection.
You are aware some people do not 'believe' in filling in details on the credencial. Your case proves the point.
What about your national passport?

I think the passport would have reached its expiry date by now. My daughter theorises that the passport and credencial were sent down to Madrid back in 2018 and the credencial has languished at the bottom of an "in" tray since then. But it is good to get it back.
Oddly, although my details are correct on the page they address the envelope to Jefrey Crawley not Jeffrey and London instead of my home town - the Post Office picked up the postcode so no problem there!

 

[Jeff Crawley]

An update.

One of my brothers this weekend returned from visiting my nephew overseas to find a message on his answerphone from the British Embassy in Madrid saying they had found some of my possessions.
They called him because he was named in the back of my passport as one of the ICE contacts.

I checked my passport and it made me realise that, certainly on UK ones, there is nowhere to write your own contact details. I have added my mobile number and an email address inside the back cover "just in case" I lose another one.

 

[Stephan the Painter]

. I have added my mobile number and an email address inside the back cover "just in case" I lose another one.

That is a great idea. I’m not sure I’m willing to write on the passport in case that somehow invalidates it, but my business card and maybe some removable glue will go in.