THE long summer days feel like a lifetime ago.

Running in the long grass, having a lazy late evening on the beach, walking the dog through the lush grass, the setting sun creating a warm glow all around you.

With the nights drawing in and temperatures dropping, we are remembering those balmy days as we reveal the winners of our One Summer’s Day competition.

It may sound like a cliche but we really did have lots of wonderful pictures which really captured the feeling of summer.

After a lot of debate we have chosen Mike Jennings’ picture of Devil’s Dyke as this year’s winner.

Mike, from Southwick, captured the joy of a trio of boys chasing after a kite, their eyes squinting in the sun and their arms reaching out as they run through the long summer grass.

Like Mike, the second and third places will also receive framed enlargements of their pictures.

Second place goes to Phil Williams. He sent Argus picture editor Allan Hutchings a series of images of beautiful trees with great expanses of clouds beyond.

Our favourite was an image of what looks like an oak tree bathed in light as the sun goes down.

Third place goes to Annette Radford, for her wonderful image of swimmers at Saltdean Lido. The re-opening of the pool was a big story this year but it’s the vibrant blue and the sense of anticipation before the girls go for a dip that made us pick her out. She sent in a series of pictures of swimmers in the River Ouse which could easily have made the top three or even the top prize.

Dennis Hunt was highly commended for his countryside photos, any one of which could easily have won. The same goes for Daniel Yates and Alex Steklyannikov.

This year the junior winner is Caitlin Richards for her picture of a dog. Her photograph is a delight and its selection as winner needs little explanation.

Caitlin will also receive a framed copy of her image.

Argus editor Arron Hendy said: “It was great to look at all of these fantastic pictures again and have such a challenge in finding a winner.

“We really were inundated with amazing photos, from those captured on phones to those taken on expensive cameras. They all shared that crucial element in capturing that feeling of summer.”