Stoke on Trent - Etruria

Densie entering Stoke Top Lock

There being little to see between Stone and Stoke on Trent we decided to cruise the 9 miles and 14 locks in one non-stop run. Leaving Stone at 9:00 we were lucky to find that all the locks out of the town and been set in our favour by a boat coming down. This luck continued up to the final lock at the old industrial site of Etruria in the centre of Stoke where Wedgewood set up his first factory.

We had lunch on the move and arrived at Etruria at 15:00 where we have moored outside the Industrial Museum at the start of the Caldon Canal which will take us into the Peak District.