At Britain's beaches, where you often see people wrapped up in wool cardigans as they await the appearance of the sun, thousands of people bared nearly all on Sunday, soaking up the rays.
At the southern resort town of Bournemouth, the coastline was jammed.
"Our capacity on the seafront is about 100,000 and there is no spare sand here today," said senior seafront inspector Brian Cunnings. "Everybody has just squeezed in wherever they can."
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