MORE snow in the Yorkshire Dales created a Christmas card scene as horses were exercised on Middleham Moor.
Elsewhere, flooding and broken-down trains meant more mid-winter misery for travellers.
Drivers in Scotland, North Wales and the North of England were warned to allow extra time for their journeys due to ice on the road.
A top wind speed of 90mph was recorded at Needles Battery on the west coast of the Isle of Wight, but elsewhere gusts peaked at 60mph.
Most parts of the UK will experience some respite following the stormy weather of recent days, Met Office forecaster Kate Brown said.
“As showers ease off later, much of the country will see dry and bright conditions, but it will still feel cool with north-westerly winds,” she said.
The latest stormy weather comes after power was restored yesterday to thousands of homes left without electricity following a “weather bomb” of gales and lightning strikes which swept the north of the country.
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