A tennis fan who is camping out in a queue for Wimbledon tickets for the 34th year on the trot says he is continuing the tradition despite soaring temperatures in the South East.
Harry Taylor, owner of the Red Lion Inn in Bridge, Kent, arrives on Saturday morning and plans to camp overnight every day throughout the championships.
Even though the Met Office forecast is for temperatures to reach 30C during Wimbledon fortnight, the 52-year-old said he had come “fully prepared”.
“I’ve bought pallets of bottled water,” he said. “I’ve packed cooling towels, travel fans and ice cubes which we will place inside portable coolers.”
Taylor added he bought a heat-reflective tent, which cost £300, so he could get a good night’s rest.
“In the past years, when it was hot, the tent I had used was like sleeping in an oven,” he said.
He has also packed white linen clothes, large portable batteries and solar panels to sustain the charging units.