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 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 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 people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here again. Me and my human walk around our town of Runcorn on most days. We try to vary the routes that we take. If we aren’t driving to the Peak District, Snowdonia or the Lake District we usually walk for twice in the day in Runcorn. Runcorn … Continue reading Top Locks to Ship Canal
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a walk from Runcorn’s Waterloo Bridge to Preston Brook and Murdishaw Valley, and back. We walked for about twelve miles along the Bridgewater Canal and into woods, trying not to return on the same paths. It was a warm Sunday morning as we set … Continue reading Bridgewater Canal, Runcorn to Preston Brook
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human have just been for a walk around another part of Runcorn that used to be a stand-alone village. Weston Point consisted of a few farms and cottages in the early 1800’s and was about 1.5 miles from Runcorn town. It wasn’t until … Continue reading Weston Point
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker hereafter me and my human have been exploring the outskirts of our town, Runcorn in Cheshire. It was a grey and overcast late June morning with showers forecast. The big feller, my human dad, suggested that we go for a long walk around some of the lanes … Continue reading Aston, Sutton Weaver, Preston Brook, Preston-on-the-Hill, Dutton
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