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Linger on landscapes as summer holidays start

News imageThe Sheep Whisperer A landscape of rolling hills, with fields divided by stone walls leading to more open land. To the foreground runs a river, with trees fringing the banks in parts. Scattered around are stone houses.The Sheep Whisperer
Rolling hills abound around Mickleton in Teesdale

As schools break up for the summer holidays, many families may be opting for a staycation rather than the hassle and expense of travelling abroad.

Fortunately there is no shortage of lovely scenery across north-east England and Cumbria, as our Weather Watchers have proved.

Doesn't it look lovely in the sunshine?

Here are some of our favourite images they captured while out and about.

News imageSusan View of a lake with a country house type hotel on grounds leading down to it. A small white sailed boat is on the water and to the left other small sailing boats are moored in an inlet. A mountain rises in the background under blue skies.Susan
Time to take a turn on the water off Glenridding
News imagearcher Landscape with a field of wheat in the foreground, leading onto a field with bales of hay, and an embankment with trees behind it. Further in the distance is a rising hill, with one or two trees on the hazy horizon.archer
Walkers around Wark in Northumberland are not far from lovely scenery
News imageJohn Riddell A dog standing on a roll of hay. The light brown Weimaraner-type animal has its head turned to face the viewer and is panting with tongue out. Other rolls of hay are in the field, which is edged to the right with a bank of trees.John Riddell
The countryside - in this case around Seaham - is not just appreciated by two-legged visitors...
News imageFigaro Large steel sculpture of a seated fisherman - a memorial to those lost at sea - on a the banks of a river stretching into the distance, framed by two piers as it meets the sea. To the left is a promenade with a low round pink building (an ice cream stand) backed by a bank of trees leading up to a large block of flats.Figaro
River meets sea at North Shields, as a memorial to fishermen looks on
News imageJonny Gios Five standing stones - part of Castlerigg stone circle - on a grassy plain. Behind are mountains, green with trees and grass, under a hazy blue sky.Jonny Gios
Mountains form a dramatic backdrop to Castlerigg stone circle just outside Keswick

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