Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking, road trips, and town walks with my human dad.
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a local trail that me and my human hiked over two days. It is called the Mersey Timberland Trail and not to be confused with the Mersey Way that we recently completed. The trail is 22 miles long starting in Runcorn and ending in … Continue reading Mersey Valley Timberland Trail
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here to tell you about some of the places that we have visited lately in our local town of Runcorn in Cheshire. This is the second instalment of our Runcorn Woodland walks. Rather than report about one single walk, this blog is about a variety of walks … Continue reading Runcorn Woodland – part 2
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here, with my Personal Assistant, after we had completed a local mid-distance hike. We walked the Mersey Way together, not in one session but, in sections. It is a twenty two mile, waymarked trail from Rixton, near Warrington to Garston, a suburb of Liverpool. We have walked … Continue reading The Mersey Way – full route
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting about a rural Runcorn hike. Yes, you read it correctly, a hike of over six miles in Runcorn in the countryside. It was a grey overcast day in July 2020, and it had rained for a few days prior to our walk. This meant that … Continue reading Rural Runcorn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here to tell you about some of the places that we have visited lately in our local town of Runcorn in Cheshire. Rather than report about one single walk, this blog is about a variety of walks that we have enjoyed on our wanderings. If you visit … Continue reading Runcorn’s Woodland – part 1
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a sweaty (for the big feller) walk from The Ship Inn, Blackbrook, St. Helens along the remains of the St. Helens or Sankey Canal, to Carr Mill Dam. We walked this route on a humid and warm Saturday morning in August. It had been a … Continue reading Stanley Bank and Carr Mill Dam
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a stroll around Frodsham Marshes. As you will appreciate, because I am a dog, I cannot drive a car or read a map, I rely on my human PA for that kind of thing. He has his uses, he bags my poop and throws … Continue reading Frodsham Marshes
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a wander around Runcorn, our local town. Not one of our regular Runcorn walks but, one in and around areas that we don’t often visit. It was a sunny Sunday afternoon at the beginning of August with a just a few clouds and a refreshing … Continue reading A Runcorn ramble
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. A few days ago, me and my human went for one of our regular walks around Runcorn. While we were walking around our local streets, my dad kept stopping to take photographs. I stop quite frequently but, that is usually for a pee. He was having … Continue reading Another Runcorn Walk
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a walk from Spike Island in Widnes to Bewsey Lock in Warrington, along the St. Helens Canal, and back again! The canal, also known as the Sankey Canal, ran for 15 miles from Widnes to St. Helens. It was constructed in 1757 and was … Continue reading Spike Island to Bewsey Lock and back!
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 