Walking the Dee - without getting wet
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| 10:04 UK time, Wednesday, 18 March 2009
The concourse between the marine lake and Dee estuary at West Kirby, by Temporary Diversion on Flickr
If you've got the legs for it, there's a new walks guide, , following the Dee estuary to its source at offering 23 linear day-walks linked to local transport, a 57-mile estuary walk and a 14-mile circuit of Llyn Tegid.
The Dee is a popular feature of our website, probably because it meanders through much of the region and, therefore, is an ever present feature in many people's lives.
For me, I'm 'home' when I drive into Wales and over the river on the outskirts of Chester. You know the spot I mean, look left as you go over the road bridge [just beyond the on-slip from Boughton] and you can't help but be impressed by the size of that river passing quietly below.
It's there again when walking over the . From I can see all the way over to the Flintshire Bridge spanning the estuary, and as far as , or taking the kids for ice cream at we can hear it crashing over the rocks below the stone bridge.
Where's your favourite spot of the Dee?
