Airline Security Vs Chunnel Security
These are as different as chalk and cheese. No need to discuss what goes on at security at airports - we all know the nonsense! I have just completed a trip to Ghent via the Tunnel - painless doesn't come close to describing it! In both directions the underside of my car was checked by a TV camera and on the way back parts of the car were 'swabbed' for the presence of explosives and that was it. I could have had enormous quantities of lethal body lotions, shaving gels and deodorants, well know for their potential to create explosive devices.
Is it that BAA are a bit OTT on security or the that the Tunnel is lax? It was quite the most painless transit I have had to the Continent in years.