| SATURDAY 9
SEPTEMBER 2006 |
| Dee Bore |
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| First
sighting of the bore in the Dee Estuary, from a vantage point near
Flint in Northeast Wales |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 9:59
AM |
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| The
wave is a lot smaller than that on the River Severn, but it's still
fascinating to watch |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 10:06
AM |
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| The
Flintshire Bridge in Connah's Quay, where the bore rolls underneath
and around the corner |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 10:50
AM |
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| The
Dee Bore may be less well-known, but there were still plenty of
spectators at Connah's Quay |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 10:54
AM |
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| People
lined the Blue Bridge in Queensferry to watch the bore pass by |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 11:11
AM |
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| A
lone canoeist catches the bore just ahead of the Saltney Ferry footbridge |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 11:40
AM |
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| The
bore heaves past the Saltney Ferry footbridge |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 11:42
AM |
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| There
is no wave when the bore reaches Chester's weir, but watch carefully... |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 12:22
PM |
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| ...within
twenty minutes the weir has disappeared |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 12:43
PM |
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| The
locals in Chester made good use of the various bits of debris brought
upstream by the bore |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 12:54
PM |
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