A fairly early start today took us back down the Caldon Canal to it's junction with the Trent and Mersey at Etruria. The outskirts of Stoke actually appear quite good on a bright sunny morning with only dog walkers around.
We passed an unfortunate hireboat that had managed to run aground on the off-side and at least two boats overtook it on the way to the last 3 locks on the canal.
We moored at Etruria for water and pump-out and then visited the Jesse Shirley Bone and Flint Mill Museum. This is a very interesting museum, although similar to Cheddleton Flint Mill in may respects. Each display area has sensors so that when you walk in you get a detailed story played to you of what happened here.
The two kilns in the photo are all that is left of the old Johnson pottery site and the whole area has been flattened ready for re-development.
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