IT may be summertime but the latest round of our competition has been anything but easy.

While the weather may have been mixed over the past month, it has not stopped you from getting your cameras out when the sun has been shining.

In the latest round of our Through The Lens competition, we asked you for your summer-themed pictures highlighting the beauty of the area we live in for the July picture in our 2018 calendar.

The competition runs throughout this year across our sister titles Northwich Guardian, Wilmslow and Middlewich Guardian, Knutsford Guardian and the Wilmslow Guardian as we search for the best readers' pictures.

Winners will be announced at the end of the year and invited into our new office in Warrington to see the calendar in print as well as the chance to pick up tips from our picture editor Dave Gillespie who has more than 30 years of experience in the field.

We have shortlisted entries in the latest round to this beautiful collection.

Click the gallery above to see them all. 

Vote for your favourite in the ballot below or email your vote to hannah.bargery@nqnw.co.uk before 9am on August 2.

Editor's decision is final.

Next week will see the launch of our search for an August photograph for our 2018 calendar.

Pick up next week's paper for more details.