Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking, road trips, and town walks with my human dad.
Hiking and backpacking blog
Hi people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here again. It has been three months since we returned from Scotland after we had completed the Great Glen Way. Since then we haven’t attempted a hill walk except for a couple of local hikes up relatively low hills. With the lockdown restrictions being relaxed recently we decided … Continue reading Shutlingsloe, Three Shires Head and Cat and Fiddle
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. I am sat on the couch next to my human while I am chewing a Yak Stick and he is dunking his digestives into his coffee. My human dad had settled down to watch an old black and white Western movie on TCM. Suddenly, he says … Continue reading Raw Head and Bulkeley Hill
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on an afternoon hike around the village of Lymm in Cheshire. Due to Covid-19 restrictions we are still hiking locally. We decided that we would walk some of the Lymm Heritage Trail and to wander off it when the mood suited. Lymm is a pretty … Continue reading Lymm Village
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after me and my human have just returned from a short local hike around the village of Moore in Cheshire. Moore is situated between Runcorn and Warrington and is currently a stand-alone village. Runcorn is expanding and it looks apparent that Moore will become engulfed in … Continue reading Moore Village
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a sunny afternoon local bimble. I love that word, bimble, bimble, bimble! Sorry, I’ll start again. We went for a short drive to Weaverham, Cheshire. There aren’t any hills in the area but, there is some pretty countryside and a couple of nice villages … Continue reading Weaverham and Hartford
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here again reporting on a VERY windy local hike. We quite often drive to the Acton Bridge area in Cheshire because the walking is pleasant along the River Weaver and Weaver Navigation. While we have been in lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic we have only walked from … Continue reading Bartington, Dutton Locks, River Weaver
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a local hike in the hills around the town next door to where we live. The only hill we had climbed lately was the wooden hill to Bedfordshire! We had already been for a walk in the park in the morning. I managed to … Continue reading Frodsham and Helsby Hills
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. The hiking that we have been doing lately has been very limited. We have been following the government guidelines and walking from our front door and staying local. Hopefully, this will change shortly and we can venture further afield. Until then our blogs will be limited. On … Continue reading Walk 1000 Miles in 2020
Hello again people and pooches. Today was a milestone for me and my human dad. At the beginning of the year we entered the Country Walking Walk 1000 Miles in 2020 Challenge. We pledged to complete 2020 miles in the year. Today we reached 1000 miles while we were walking in one of our local … Continue reading 1000 Miles
Hi people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. On 1st February 2019 me and my human dad went for a little hike up Moel Famau in the snow. At home there hadn’t been any snowfall due to it being only 30 metres above sea level and close to the coast. Moel Famau is only 555 … Continue reading Moel Famau winter walk
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