Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a short local walk. It was a blustery Sunday afternoon in June, and we had already been caught out by a downpour in the morning, so my human suddenly said ‘shall we go for a walk, Monkey’. I wish that he wouldn’t call me … Continue reading A Runcorn walk – Meandering and Mysteries →

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. It’s Joe the Cocker here reporting on another walk from our front door during the Covid-19 restrictions. We recently walked and reported on a trip to Norton Priory so on this little outing we decided to visit Norton Village. The village is close to Norton Priory but, just a little … Continue reading Norton Village →

Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker reporting on another local walk from our front door. Norton used to be a stand-alone village three miles from Runcorn. In the 1960’s Runcorn became a ‘new town’ and Norton village became engulfed in the rapid expansion of the town. Due to the distance from our house … Continue reading Norton Priory →

Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a local during the Coronavirus restrictions. Because we can’t go on long countryside hikes, at the moment, we have had to adapt. My dad takes me out for a walk every morning so that he can exercise and not become a couch potato and even … Continue reading Halton Village →

Hi people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on one of our recent ‘Boris’ walks. We are pretty much limited in the type of walk we can do at the moment. Trying to find somewhere interesting and inspiring when walking from our house in the current lockdown conditions is difficult, to say the least. … Continue reading Wigg Island →

Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a local hike that me and my dad took the day before the coronavirus restrictions were put in place. We walked from our door so that we could get some exercise and to investigate our local area while the sun was shining. We had arrived … Continue reading Runcorn – a local walk →

Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after another 7.5 mile local hike with a bit of history thrown in for good measure. My dad has always been a fan of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the celebrated mathematician and photographer. OK, I think that he is more famous under his pseudonym, Lewis … Continue reading Daresbury and Lewis Carroll →

Hello people and pooches. It’s Joe the Cocker here again reporting on a local hike with my human dad. After what seemed an age my dad finally decided that we would stay fairly close to home today and ‘wing it’. It was a misty, chilly and very damp start to the day. The forecast was … Continue reading Bridgewater Way & Moore Nature Reserve →