Evening all, we are home having survived two Ryanair flights in three days and the trials of security at Manchester airport. For a 40 minute flight, we had to be at the airport two hours in advance. Security was not busy when we went in, but they appeared to be "randomly" checking over 50% of bags, both my case and handbag were taken aside to be searched, to join the queue of other bags waiting to be searched, swabbed and scanned again. I am always meticulous about liquids yet most of the things in my makeup bag were put in with my liquids including a sample size mascara - I am pretty sure you could not do anything threatening with one of those
and my hot air hairbrush was taken out to be scanned again
It's not as if we are inexperienced travellers but they seem to be over-zealous - one young man waiting with me said he is regularly delayed there by up to 40 minutes
However we had a nice weekend and are looking forward to our next little trip - Benidorm on Tuesday, although Ryanair again