Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking, road trips, and town walks with my human dad.
Hiking and backpacking in Cheshire
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. It was on a pleasant April Sunday morning that we chose to not do a hilly walk. My human said that he fancied doing a gentle stroll for a few hours in somewhere that is fairly local to us. He spent a while looking at walking … Continue reading Northwich, Marshall’s Arm, Weaver Parkway
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here with my human dad. This was our second walk of the day. We walked around Tegg's Nose earlier in the day. As we said in that blog, today was a try out for my human dad's knee injury. He managed the short gentle inclines and descents … Continue reading Trentabank and Macclesfield Forest
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here again. The day was to be a very special day. Because of the combination of lockdown restrictions and my human's iffy knee, we haven't been in the hills for over six months. The restrictions have been reduced so that we can travel a bit further than the … Continue reading Tegg’s Nose
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here on a warm sunny late March day. Lockdown restrictions have been reduced but, my human said that it would be nice for us to walk from the house up to Halton Village. He wanted to check out all the Listed Buildings in the village. I simply … Continue reading Halton village listed buildings walk
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. The humans are still in lockdown, so my human dad is making me stay local. We live in a town called Runcorn in the north west of Cheshire. The town has a population of approximately 62,000 people, I am not sure how many pooches there are … Continue reading A walk around Preston Brook’s listed buildings
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human personal assistant have been staying local still due to the pandemic restrictions for you humans. I could walk anywhere that I want to but, while the humans have to wear muzzles, I will put up with walking from our front door. My … Continue reading Runcorn Boat and Ship Building
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. November 2020 and the humans are in Lockdown again. My human is waiting for the result of his MRI scan on his knee. Now he is saying no hills, no long walks and no travelling. I’m going to have to start taking myself for a walk … Continue reading Daresbury Listed
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here to, tell you about a short wobble into the countryside. I say wobble because, that is what my human was doing. Wobbling with a ‘gammy’ knee. He is such a baby at times. Did I limp or make a fuss when my tail was bandaged? No, … Continue reading White Nancy and Kerridge Hill
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, 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
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 