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Your summer pictures as August arrives

Catherine LeeNorth East and Cumbria
News imageAlastair Close up of a sunflower in full bloom, with one in bud beside it. The background is of foliage, slightly out of focus, under a blue sky.Alastair
A sunflower soaks up the sunshine in Hurworth-on-Tees

August has arrived giving people lots of opportunity to enjoy the scenery of north-east England and Cumbria, whatever the weather.

As always, our BBC Weather Watchers have been out there taking pictures as they go.

Here are some of our favourites.

News imageWander Vision A broad, flat river, with a grassy bank on one side, and trees - in full leaf - reaching down to the water on the other. It is spanned by a stone bridge with seven arches. The sky, blue in patches with high clouds, is reflected in the river.Wander Vision
Clouds and sunshine over the River Tyne at Hexham
News imageGill Helps Misty view of a lighthouse, banded in white and with a red top to the dome, at the end of a pier with a sailing boat passing it. The mist makes the colours grey, muted and almost monochrome.Gill Helps
Mist shrouds the mouth of the River Wear in Sunderland
News imageMaryport Marra A grassy bank, with one or two shrubs, leads onto a pebbled shore with the sea - a shade of blue verging on turquoise - stretching into the horizon. A low tree is overhanging to the right. It is sunny, with a blue sky and a low line of bubbling cloud just above the horizon.Maryport Marra
The turquoise sea lends the coast at Maryport a distinctly Mediterranean feel
News imageLoki's Keeper Sunrise over houses next to a broad section of dunes leading onto a sandy beach and sea shore. The light is dim with blue sky shading into pink, and purple, with bright gaps where the low sun shines through.Loki's Keeper
Shades of pink and purple over Warrenby in Redcar
News imageKendal Jay Close up of a bramble sporting four very ripe blackberries, and three green unripe ones. There is foliage in the background, out of focus.Kendal Jay
An early crop of blackberries at Levens in Cumbria

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