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While our Mediterranean cousins simply take a G-string and some Factor 30 to the beach, we Brits have all manner of stuff we need to carry with us, from lilos to gas stoves and kettles. To save carrying this on every trip, and to provide somewhere to shelter from the inevitable rain, we have the beach hut, which is nothing more than a simple promenade-based shed. But in recent years these have become prime slices of real estate, with a beach hut in Southwold, Suffolk costing about the same as a commuter- belt terrace. Artist Tracey Emin famously sold her Whitstable beach hut to art collector Charles Saatchi for £75,000, though he didn’t even get a spot on the promenade or a two-man dinghy included in the price.