The boys in the RAF are keeping it safe.

Four Magnums? That's a lot of champagne, er, chocolate.

CLPJr: Everyone has to eat and everyone takes breaks. You know that stopped freight train close to a restaurant? That is where you might find the crew. Probably told the dispatcher they have something wrong with their engine.

Spike Milligan in his memoirs of WWII tells the story of a train that had a huge gun that was on the south coast track at nights protecting the English Channel against German invasion. The Sargent ran out of cigarettes one night so they drove the whole train and gun into Portsmouth so he could buy some cigarettes. The Nazi's missed their chance.

Didn't a RAF crew get in trouble a few weeks/month ago doing the same thing at a Butcher's Shop? I know I read it here, not sure if it was greened.

I remember quite a few of these happening in Germany. One farmer and his wife actually made up a picnic basket to give to an attack helicopter - they waved it down and gave it to them. That and a number that caused trouble setting down in a lot by a McD's.

I will mention mine - When I lived in Ky, I had a weekly police overflight on my land (it had been used for years for hemp production, I actually lived on Hempridge road). Several times as the helicopter was going overhead in the evening and I was grilling out I would wave to the chopper and the two deputies would set down and have dinner with us.

HeliumAddict: UK citizens never cease to amaze me.... They happily accept a police state, unimpeded surveillance of their every movement and a never ending erosion of personal freedoms.

But a couple of young men who risk their lives everyday saving people decide to land a helicopter (on a training mission no less) on a beach to grab a snack.

WTF sheeple? WTF? I'm sure something like this: 'wasted govt money', 'irresponsible military endangering citizens' or 'someone could have been killed' will be front page news in the UK tomorrow...

///retards

There are many areas where British citizens have more freedom and rights than US citizens. Brits don't have to carry their driving licence, or any ID, when driving, for example. They don't have to give their name or details if stopped in the street, unlike many US states. In the UK police are not allowed to lie to you when questioning you, so the common US police trick of "Your buddy has already confessed and confirmed you were involved" would have any confession thrown out.
They can buy beer at 18, and drink it at any age. If you'r 14 and you and your buddies grab some beers from your parents fridge and have a party, no big deal, unless you start bothering other people.
And official UK police policy, and the law, is that you are allowed to record officers on video in public, unlike many US areas. Nor can UK police just seize large amounts of cash and keep it unless you can go to court and prove you got it legally.
And there are nowhere near as many CCTV cameras as some Americans suspect, nor are they exactly unknown in the US. The Times Square bomber was caught on 74 CCTV cameras around Times Square for example.