Well, I’m not really prone to rant, but after reading Darren Cronian’s Five things I hate about airports on his travel rants blog, I really feel the need to add some of my own.

As a regular traveller through Gatwick airport, I hate the inconsistency in time spent passing through security – so much so that you really are uncertain how much time to allow. Sometimes it can be ten minutes – last summer, it became a lottery with everyone being herded around like animals, it seemed to take forever.

Leave too little time and you start panicking that you may miss your flight – too much and you could die of boredom waiting to board. If you’re travelling with children it makes it even harder as you need to worry about how to keep them amused too!

I hate the lack of seating provided once through security, and the huge queues just to buy a coffee to help pass the time.

Lack of signage is frustrating too particularly when returning, it really becomes a case of follow-the-leader and hope that the person at the front knows where they’re going.