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SENTINELS RISE TO THE CHALLENGE IN WALES

The town of Shrewsbury will be forever linked to the Sentinel name, as it was here that many steam waggons were built at their works on Whitchurch Road. The testing process took them out of the town though, crossing the border into North Wales, passing through the town of Llangollen and then tackling the climb up the Horseshoe Pass, some 30 miles away.

The run took place over the August Bank Holiday weekend alongside the Shrewsbury Steam Rally at Onslow Park. The event was making a welcome return to the rally calendar after a two-year enforced break due to Covid restrictions. Here an excellent line-up

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