Your photos: Taking it easy in the heatwave

Sunshine Dan / BBC Weather Watchers A light brown alpaca on the left nuzzles a white llama on the right across a thin wooden fence. Both are in fields of short grassSunshine Dan / BBC Weather Watchers
Sunshine Dan / BBC Weather Watchers A slightly raised view of a narrowboat in Bidford-on-Avon. The water seems fairly shallow, with plants and rocks visible beneath the surface. A field of grass is on drops to the right hand bank, while trees, including willows edge the left hand sideSunshine Dan / BBC Weather Watchers

Catching up with the neighbours in Kington, Herefordshire.
A narrowboat, here spotted in Bidford-on-Avon, seems the right pace for the heatwave.

We love to feature your photographs showing the beauty of the West Midlands and here are some of the best from the past week.

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Margrove / BBC Weather Watchers A line of tall sunflowers in a garden in Chaddesley Corbett. Large yellow and red heads sit on tall stemsMargrove / BBC Weather Watchers
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