roger4 do you know where the Canary islands are? The UK is close to mainland Spain that the Canary islands. If they were a designated country then they would be exempt from quarantine. Therefore the reason for quarantining becomes political rather than science. I have no issue with mainland Spain being quarantined. Do the UK government expect someone to fly 2 hours in the wrong direction just to avoid quarantine NO, they would just drive 2hours from Barcelona to France and fly from there.