Compton, what do you think I am try to say? My comments were to HH's note about removing the border - it just will not happen, one hopes, naturally with a new new more moderate government in Madrid, the current restrictions will be eased (should the PSOE and Podemos be able to get their act together and restrain any coalition with the facist PP.
I travel from GIB frequently from my house in Costa de Luz, and frequently sit in the queues waiting for the breaks when the Madrid based customs guys bugger off, for relative normality to return. I use bothe GIB (to connect through LHR) and XRY frequently on my weekly travels to the Middle East, Asia and the CIS.