I got back from the US late this afternoon with a suitcase full of new shooting gear - including my full allocation of .243 and .204 expanding heads.
The normal procedure is to go to the customs office and have them enter them on the certificate and that's that. Today, however, there was no one in customs and only a red phone to pick up. So, I pick it up and it's answered - "hello, customs Glasgow office". Me - "Glasgow? I'm looking for someone in Aberdeen!"
It turns out that there are no customs folk in Aberdeen airport on Saturday or Sunday and the guy on the other end of the phone simply wasn't interested. In the end, I wandered round the airport till I found a Police man and explained the situation to him. He just took a note and said he would contact my FEO.
Absolutely amazing! You cant take a baby's bottle of milk onto a plane, but you can travel the world with ammunition and no one seems to care
Kev.