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It, in itself, is not a major problem as long as you keep records of when you entered and exited.

This is routine, and anyone checking in luggage should expect that it's been scanned and sniffed thoroughly before arriving.

Neither did I until I actually checked them! It's quite astonishing how efficient planes are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraft#Example_values . as some like the Airbus A321neo are coming in at less than 2L / 100km per seat, which is on par with a 2.0L modern car with four...

It depends what they were using for the route, but to give an idea, the ATR-42 will use about 150 litres of fuel for every 100km flown. It's about 300km, so at current prices, around £1 a litre, they'd spend in the region of £450 for fuel. With 13 passengers a flight, it gives a fuel cost of...

Since Brexit, I've only seen a visible presence once, which was on arrival on an early morning flight into Luton. Other than that, I haven't seen a single officer present. I actually did a test in Stansted one evening by entering the Red channel to declare something that I wasn't sure about and...

Yes, it's not impossible. The problem is more the unnecessary cost.

At the time, the Bank of England (and Bank of Scotland) were just private banks, nothing more. The position of the BoE didn't come about until 1844, when new banks were prohibited from issuing banknotes among other reforms. However, while the BoE was already a de facto monopoly in banknote...

Strictly speaking, the GIP is not the same currency as the GBP. It's the same story with the GGP, JEP, IMP, FKP and other currencies linked at par to the GBP (which includes Scottish and Northern Irish notes as well as English notes).

There's no difference, Scottish and English notes are dispensed interchangeably in Scotland, unless the machine explicitly says that it only provides English notes.

It is a real problem, especially if some details have been given like a real name and a previous address, leading to someone being convicted without any knowledge of the process. I find it quite strange and surreal that a conviction can take place on the basis of nothing more than a statement...

There is no obligation to present ID to anyone, nor to even carry it. In my specific case, not a single document of mine contains my address, not my British passport, not my Polish passport, not my Polish ID card, not my Polish driving licence. So even if they demanded ID from me as a foreign...

Yes, this is acceptable. All of those things would pass the "bloke in the pub" test, and I don't think anyone would object to a serial fare dodger getting the book thrown at them if there was clear evidence of them doing exactly that. However, I'd say that the evidence should require more than...

I would argue that there is absolutely no reason for fare evasion to be a criminal matter, unless there's actual fraud involved. For instance, jumping the barriers or tailgating is an obvious fraud, but the act of getting on a train without a ticket is not fraud in itself. I saw a situation on...

One thing that is still common on some of the more wrecked EN57 EMUs belonging to PolRegio is that the doors will simply be jammed open in summer.

I have to admit to finding the fencing of railway lines to be absolutely overkill in the UK, along with the provision of full blown level crossings where a simple stop sign would suffice. More of a cultural issue too, I think. Germany in particular has a very strong "it's your responsibility"...

It's not normal in Schengen for them to work that way, so it must be a peculiarity of Portugal. There is a possibility that the border controls there were only carried out visually, as cruise ship passengers would be very low risk, and hence the manual checks were required to confirm that they...

Yes, I worked briefly in Luxembourg on a project, and it was quite stunning how capable the native Luxembourgers were in languages. Knowing all four of those to a professional level was the norm, and a couple of people had also learnt Dutch to a decent working standard. In comparison, the French...

I'd recommend getting in touch with this guy: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/matt-wilson-27672020 He says on his own LinkedIn that he is "proudly neurodivergent" and he's the responsible person at Northern Rail for accessible travel issues.

A friend used to run an LGBT club that essentially didn't bother closing at the weekend. Officially, it was open till 3am and then open again from 7am, but in practice, it simply didn't shut between 7am Friday until 11pm on Sunday. It was tolerated by the licencing board and the police for...

I do it pretty much all the time in the UK. No issues at all.