A long walk

South African Lance Dyer (38) was arrested recently for walking through the channel tunnel (Chunnel) between Britain and France. He appeared in the Folkstone magistrate's court on charges of endangering lives and causing a public disturbance, and was remanded in custody until October 18. A temporary problem with the CCTV system allowed him to enter the tunnel on the British side unnoticed. Dyer, who is apparently also a British citizen, walked in flip-flops and took 15 hours. The Eurostar train takes about three hours to go from Britain to France. Although the last commuter train arrives in Britain at about midnight, freight trains travel through the tunnel night and day.