We spent a wet week in June, 2010, boating on the Llangollen Canal on board the Lyneal Trust's 70' narrowboat 'Shropshire Lass II', travelling from the boat's base at Lyneal, near Ellesmere in Shropshire, to LLangollen in Wales. Then back and on to Whitechurch for a day returning to the base at Lyneal. The Lyneal Trust is a charity whose aim is to enable disabled people with their families and friends to enjoy canal and narrowboating holidays from their base at Lyneal. The Lyneal Trust offer:- - an 8-berth wheelchair accessible narrowboat cruiser - 'Shropshire Lass II' ; - a 12 seat, wheelchair accessible, 'day' narrowboat – ‘The Shropshire Lad'; - two, wheelchair accessible dormitory buildings sleeping 6 people in each; and - a Victorian canal-workers cottage offering 2 single beds on the top floor but
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