I have to agree re. MAN security. My wife had packed all of her essential liquids, in a resealable plastic bag, nothing more than 100mL, as per, and was stopped because the bag was "too big". The lady behind her put 3 similar bags on the belt, and that was Ok, my wife's liquids, creams and gels all went in the bin. She had a face like a smacked arse for the long weekend we were in Venice.
As for arriving at passpoirt control behind a number of bucket and spade flights.....especially at this time of year makes it a less than thrilling experience as tiffany and chardonnay run around creating bedlam as they come home from 2 weeks in Benidorm.