The Barrow Locks

The three amigoes (Joe Pat, Steve) had an early start. Met on the Ross Rd at 8:15 to head to St Mullins and on to Ballytiglea bridge past Borris. We put in about 10:30 and the current was about 3kn. Good flow helped us along the way. We decided to do the trip on the East side thus avoiding all the weirs. It did mean that we had lots of portage with the boats which was a pain after the first few locks. We did shot the weir at Ballingrane Lock which was the smallest. The flow on the weir side was very strong and not really suitable for sea kayaks so we opted to give the rest a miss and play safe. The St. Mullins Lock was very awkward to get the boats back in the water. The only place we could find was a small cutaway on the 'island' between the Lock and weir side. We lost about half an hour figuring that one out. A tiring day and I never carried the boats so much - I'm looking forward to the next sea trip!