How much would you sacrifice for a decent spot in the sun? A proper night's sleep and a hearty breakfast? Well, you might need to these days if scenes at popular resorts this summer are anything to go by. A hotel in Spain even hired a security guard to man the loungers and to break up fights between Brits as they battled it out with other holidaymakers for their dream tanning spot by the pool. Queued up and poised for the ultimate run of their lives, holidaymakers were spotted in scenes similar to the start of a marathon, armed with towels, inflatables and bags before sunrise, to lay their claim on a sunbed.