In pictures: Balmy weather brings that Friday Feeling for sunseekers

The hot weather continued to sizzle across the UK, bringing an early start to the weekend for many.

Sunbathers relax on Hunstanton beach in Norfolk (Joe Giddens/PA)
Sunbathers relax on Hunstanton beach in Norfolk (Joe Giddens/PA)
John Dunn, supervisor of the herbaceous department at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, carries out some pruning on a rhododendron niveum on display at the Scottish Rhododendron Festival (Jane Barlow/PA)
John Dunn, supervisor of the herbaceous department at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, carries out some pruning on a rhododendron niveum on display at the Scottish Rhododendron Festival (Jane Barlow/PA)
Kai, four, plays in the sand on Hunstanton beach in Norfolk as the warm weather continues (Joe Giddens/PA)
Kai, four, plays in the sand on Hunstanton beach in Norfolk as the warm weather continues (Joe Giddens/PA)
Reggie, two, plays on the beach in Hunstanton (Joe Giddens/PA)
Reggie, two, plays on the beach in Hunstanton (Joe Giddens/PA)
Forrest the Humbold penguin (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Forrest the Humbold penguin (Andrew Milligan/PA)
A duck cools off in Canterbury (Gareth Fuller/PA)
A duck cools off in Canterbury (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Alan and Daphne Smith in Herne Bay (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Alan and Daphne Smith in Herne Bay (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Caroline Ciuba in Greenwich Park (Victoria Jones/PA)
Caroline Ciuba in Greenwich Park (Victoria Jones/PA)
Westgate Gardens in Canterbury (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Westgate Gardens in Canterbury (Gareth Fuller/PA)

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