Saturday morning we portaged down to the lower side of the lock, and set off.  Evan and I got in early and played briefly in the moving water below the traps before heading off down river.  We rested in the boats going through the lock at movanagher, and stopped a few times at some of the many canoe steps along the river.  Coming up to Agivey Bridge, the weather was miserable, and it's a dreary paddle at that stage anyway, so we stopped for 20 minutes for a break.  that was miserable too.  I tried boiling the Kelly Kettle and making couscous curry, but didn't cook it for long enough.  ugh.  Chocolate saved the day though.
back in the boats we paddled to Drumaheglis.  At £16.50 per tent, per night, (and remember most of our lads were in 1 or 2-man tents), it was a huge expense, but the hot showers and other facilities were most welcome. 

I left the group after they had set up camp for the night.  Next day they paddled to Coleraine Marina for the get-out, including rafting up and running the rapids into Coleraine.