Bottled...

I'd booked myself on a needle felting workshop today at Middleport Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent. Great fun, and I came home with a cute little bottle oven I'd made. 

This is the last remaining one at Middleport Port. There are only 47 of them left in the whole of the city. Luckily they are all listed buildings. As the pottery industry is dying around the city due to increasing energy costs. They may be the only relic left from the industry soon.

I went to visit my Aunt this afternoon, on my way home, to update her on the current situation with dad. He's still in hospital and the ward still has the patient with Covid. So I haven't been to visit for over a week now.