Strong winds batter UK – in pictures

Children get sprayed by rough waves at Cardswell Bay, Gourock, in western Scotland Photograph: Graham Stuart/AFP/Getty Images Big waves at Blackpool Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA An overturned lorry on the M9 motorway near Stirling Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters Two women walk in the rain in Glasgow Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Largs promenade in North Ayrshire Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images A person takes cover at Abington Services on the M74 in Lanarkshire Photograph: Graham Stuart/AFP/Getty Images Waves crash over the railway lines between Saltcoats and Stevenston in North Ayrshire Photograph: Daniel Gilfeather/Rex Features Derek McManus and his dog Fergal in Largs Photograph: Hemedia/South West News A wind turbine malfunctions in Ardrossan Photograph: Universal News And Sport Waves break over the harbour wall in Portstewart, on the north coast of County Derry Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters Stuart Pennicook surfs at dusk off Newquay Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters A passenger aircraft gets blown off course while trying to land at Leeds-Bradford airport Photograph: Andrew McCaren/Ross Parry Agency Driftwood and debris thrown up from the sea on Prestwick promenade Photograph: Universal News And Sport A man walks his dog on the Portstewart Strand coast in Northern Ireland Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters Waves crash against the promenade in Largs Photograph: David Moir/Reuters Two boys are blown by a gust of wind in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images A workman attempts to clear a drain as winds lash Helensburgh Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images A shop damaged by winds in Dumbarton Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Two women link arms as they walk in strong winds in Edinburgh Photograph: David Moir/Reuters