River Dee - Farndon to Chester Weir

[Mark R]

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[will_sheaff]

This link doesn't seem to work.

Cheers, Will.

[Jim Pullen]

Thanks - now fixed.

[Pee Wee]

Hi,

A warning to anybody planning on using the weir in Chester: there are some nasty nails/screws sticking up from the wall you slide over at the top to get on to the salmon steps. Wooden planks that used to be there have gone, and the nails are hard to see under the water.

A few of our club's boats were gouged last night, including mine that I'd owned for less than a day :-(
They also look sharp enough to hurt if walking along there in wetsuit shoes.

Peter.

[yung]

The exact distance from Farndon to Sandy Lane carpark is 11.69 miles.

[Canoe girl]

If paddling from Fardon, please be aware that there is a logjam ( at 30th June 2019) against the bridge immediately below the put in, which does not look like it is going anywhere soon. Only one arch was navigable on the 30th but there was a large submerged log wedged across the arch, so some caution required. Sorry I could not upload the image

[Chris Bolton]

If paddling to Sandy Lane, be aware that the Council have now introduced a 4hr parking limit. Users with non-powered craft can buy a season ticket to park for longer than this, £20 for a year.