Pictures show crowds packing one of Kent’s most popular beaches as temperatures soar – with bosses at a famous ice cream shop declaring the official start of summer. Viking Bay is today flooded as thousands of people take to the Broadstairs sands to soak up the heat and cool off among the waves. Morelli’s Gelato manager Richard Mann hailed the day the start of summer and said the atmosphere on the seafront was happy and fun. “By the looks of things, it seems like summer is finally here,” said Mr Mann, 32. “We saw floods of people coming down from the train station and now the beach is so packe…