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grey stone pier in the foreground with metal railings around the top walkway and people looking outwards scattered along it. Large grey stone breakwaetr in the distance with a giant wave breaking over it and cresting up to the top of the picture. Rolling light-grey and white clouds above.
The strong winds that battered Porthcawl Harbour on 14th November produced this giant wave. Nicola Willis took this picture from a safe distance, although braver onlookers chose a closer vantage point.
sepia-coloured picture of choppy sea in the foreground and large stone pier beyond, with a large wave breaking over its left-hand side and obscuring the lighthouse, of which only the top is visible.
Christopher Knox told us that the wind was so strong at Seaford in East Sussex on 14th November that he "felt like a polar explorer walking into it". He took this picture with his camera safely wrapped in a taped carrier bag.
pier with streetlamps on either side running down the middle of the picture. Orange and white lifeboat to the left with masts of fishing boats just beyond, obscured by mist. Stone wall to the right of the pier, with a large wave breaking over and reaching the top of the picture.
The local RNLI lifeboat took shelter alongside fishing boats from the storm that whipped up the waves on 14th November. They were moored at Port St. Mary on the Isle of Man, which is where John Turton took this picture.
choppy sea in the foreground, pier just beyond with buildings, streetlights and lighthouse on the far end. Large white wave breaking over the edge of the pier. Uniformly dark-grey sky above.
The Port of Dover was closed for several hours on 14th November.Vessels had to stay away until the swell had abated sufficiently to allow them to enter safely. Photographed by Simon Ovenden from the western arm of the port.
sepia-coloured picture of stone breakwater partly obscured by crashing waves. Choppy seas in the background, with rolling clouds above.
The storm in Shorham-by-sea created an atmospheric photo opportunity for Robin Olivier on 14th November.
stone pier with a cream-coloured building and red front wall and white outbuilding on the end, surrounded by choppy sea and a large wave breaking over the back of the buildings.
The stormy sea produced waves that covered the building at the edge of Fort Bovisand Harbour at Plymouth Sound. This aerial shot was taken by Donald Macrae.
stone pier to the left stretching into the distance, with streetlights scattered along it. Choppy, white-capped sea to the right with a large wave spilling over the middle of the towpath. Buildings and houses in the distance and dark-grey sky above.
The seafront in Kirkcaldy was empty of visitors and walkers as large waves broke along the path. Jeannie Cooper took this picture in the afternoon of 16th November.
grey and silver choppy seas at beach level in the foreground, with high waves in the distance. Dark-grey, silver and black clouds above with silvery sunrays breaking through gaps in the cloud.
Calm descended over Lyme Regis on 14th November after heavy storms the night before. Susie Peek-Swint took this picture in colour, but the grey skies cast a gloom over the landscape.
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