I made a brief stopover in Stoke last year while changing trains but today returned to visit the town proper, mostly to walk the Trent & Mersey Canal. To be honest it wasn't quite as scenic as the canal at Willington last week (though the dull dreary weather didn't help!) I did make it as far as the junction with the Caldon Canal, its always good to walk a canal for the first time.
You can see my Trent & Mersey photos, the Caldon Canal photos and some photos at the railway station.