location: Portna - Movanagher
participants: 4 adults 4 children (4-8 yrs) 2 adult novices, 2 adult some experience 4 children beginners
craft: open canoes (2)
weather: light southerly winds, intermittent sunshine
2 vehicles to put-in downstream of portna lock
vehicle transfer to movanagher.
stopped at unmarked canoe step east of Tully Hill (C928149) to picnic and assess for camping. [close to river - flat, suitable for tents; further in - trees suitable for hammock, but not tents]
paddled on to Movanagher - (C918163) paid lockkeeper and demonstrated lock to novices.
[Movanagher suitable for camping - tap outside house, flat areas for tents, south (west) side of canal suitable for hammocks or tents - plus visible from canal road for remote group assessment]
