Snow stories: people braved cold to queue overnight for beach huts

» By maddona | the 01-09-2010 at 10:48 | 25 views (14 unique) | 1 comment | Report post!

The group camped outside in temperatures of 17.6F (- 8C) for the huts, which are let on a first-come-first-serve basis in Dorset. Many of those in the queue were pensioners who survived the freezing conditions by wearing up to 10 layers of clothes and sheltered under a mass of duvets and blankets. Sat on folding chairs, they huddled around disposable barbecues for warmth and passed around flasks of tea, coffee and even a bottle of brandy to take the chill off. And at 9am on Friday their efforts were rewarded when the administration office at Avon Beach in Christchurch opened for business.

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OMG, they must have been desperate. Although you might of thought that the procedure could have been put back a week or so.

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