Happy 列 year! Britons leave NYE parties 早期に and wait for up to 30 HOURS in 哀れな 天候 to 安全な・保証する £130,000 beach huts for 2023 summer holidays

  • The sought-after holiday huts only became 利用できる to 調書をとる/予約する at 8am today?
  • 正規の/正選手?Ken Ryder, 73, left a New Years Eve party 早期に to 確実にする he 安全な・保証するd one
  • The pensioner wore?five 層s and slept in a sleeping 捕らえる、獲得する in a reclining 議長,司会を務める?
  • Beach hut 経営者/支配人?Laura Huxtable-White 述べるd the office as 'manic'?

A group of 決定するd staycationers left New Year's Eve parties 早期に and 列d for up to 30 hours in the 冷淡な to 安全な・保証する sought-after beach hut holidays.

The huts became 利用できる to 調書をとる/予約する at 8am today but staff arrived at the beach shop on New Year's Day morning to find as many as six people already 勇敢に立ち向かうing the elements.

The 列 grew through the day and around 20 people were waiting by the time the 行政 office opened this morning.

At the 長,率いる of the 列 was seasoned 正規の/正選手, Ken Ryder, 73, who left a New Years Eve party and went straight to the beach at 2am.

Ken Ryder, 73, (far left) was at the front of the line and even left a New Years Eve party early to go straight to the beach at 2am

Ken Ryder, 73, (far left) was at the 前線 of the line and even left a New Years Eve party 早期に to go straight to the beach at 2am

Mr Ryder is pictured with his beach hut after camping out for 30 hours in the cold and rain to secure it

Mr Ryder is pictured with his beach hut after (軍の)野営地,陣営ing out for 30 hours in the 冷淡な and rain to 安全な・保証する it

He 手配中の,お尋ね者 to be first to 保証(人) the best positioned hut that is bathed in the summer sun for one hour longer than the 残り/休憩(する) thanks to a gap in the trees.

The pensioner wore five 層s of 着せる/賦与するing and slept in a sleeping 捕らえる、獲得する in a reclining 議長,司会を務める while he waited for 30 hours in the 勝利,勝つd and the rain.

Mr Ryder, a retired 航空宇宙学 engineer from Christchurch, said: 'I was at a New Years Eve party and (機の)カム straight here - there wasn't any point going home.

'I had five 層s of 着せる/賦与するs on as it was very 冷淡な at night. I had waterproofs, motorcycle boots, an aluminium 一面に覆う/毛布 and a sleeping 捕らえる、獲得する.

'It was 価値(がある) the long wait because you always get a good bunch of people in the 列 and there is a nice atmosphere.

'I 列d 早期に to get a hut that is in the optimum position where the sun lasts for an hour longer because it is in a gap in the trees.

'The main 推論する/理由 I retired here is to be by the sea and having a beach hut is the icing on the cake. It is the perfect 退職 for me and my partner. Our grandchildren come 負かす/撃墜する throughout the year.'

The huts became available to book at 8am today but staff arrived at the beach shop on the morning of New Year's Day to find as many as six people already braving the elements. Pictured: The?queue this morning

The huts became 利用できる to 調書をとる/予約する at 8am today but staff arrived at the beach shop on the morning of New Year's Day to find as many as six people already 勇敢に立ち向かうing the elements. Pictured: The?列 this morning?

Some of the huts are sold privately for as much as £130,000 and have gas-powered fridges and gas hobs inside

Some of the huts are sold 個人として for as much as £130,000 and have gas-力/強力にするd fridges and gas hobs inside

Ken Ryder reaches the front of the line after a 30 hour wait where
 we wore five-layers and slept in a sleeping bag in a reclining chair

Ken Ryder reaches the 前線 of the line after a 30 hour wait where we wore five-層s and slept in a sleeping 捕らえる、獲得する in a reclining 議長,司会を務める

Avon Beach has 130 huts lining the 静かな sandy beach, which is popular with dog walkers, tourists and water sport 熱中している人s.

Some of the huts are sold 個人として for as much as £130,000 and have gas-力/強力にするd fridges and gas hobs inside.

This year, there were 90 huts up for rent for different periods of the year and just 15 利用できる for the 十分な summer holidays - the most popular for families.

The cost to rent a 7ft by 4ft hut from April to September is £3,075 while a bigger hut is almost £4,000.

Kerryn Foggo, 60, and her daughter Maissie, 29, arrived at 5am today and were 11th in the 列.

Ms Foggo said: 'We live 地元で and we go to the beach almost everyday in the summer. We 列d last year so we were やめる 確信して of getting one of the long 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 huts by arriving at 5am.

'It is a lot of money to 支払う/賃金 but it is 井戸/弁護士席 価値(がある) having for all the family to use.'

Beach hut 経営者/支配人 Laura Huxtable-White said: 'When I visited the office on New Years Eve it was already manic. I was 推定する/予想するing one or two 顧客s but there were five or six.

'We have had a 抱擁する number of enquiries this y ear even にもかかわらず the cost of living 危機.

'We've also 延長するd about 40 of the beach huts by around 1.2m (4ft), making them even more 望ましい to people with families.

'There's also been a 抱擁する rise in people looking to buy huts and we have five on the market this year. They can sell for £130,000.

'We've built a new coffee cabin so there's a lot we can 申し込む/申し出 訪問者s.

'Mudeford is a 比較して untouched part of the coast away from the arcades.. People can come here, enjoy family, and take a break from the gadgets and distractions'.