Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking, road trips, and town walks with my human dad.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/413078056546473/ Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here again. If you read our blogs, you will know that me and my human, walk around the borough of Halton quite frequently. We both love our towns and villages within the Halton boundary. We write blogs about the area and have recently been producing pictorial quizzes. … Continue reading Clean up Halton
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. On the edge of our borough is the village of Cronton. It used to be a Lancashire village but nowadays it comes under the control of Knowsley in Merseyside. The weather was nice for mid March and the big feller asked me if I wanted to … Continue reading A walk around Cronton’s Listed Buildings
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here, still under Covid -19 restrictions so, we are staying local. We live in the borough of Halton in Cheshire, which is a joining of two towns that are either side of the River Mersey. The town we call home is Runcorn and across the river is … Continue reading Pex Hill loop
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Here in Runcorn, we are in lockdown still, as is the rest of the country. So, blogs of long walks in the hills and mountains have had to be put on hold. Instead, me and my human have been walking around our local area. Fortunately, we … Continue reading Crossing the Mersey – Runcorn to Widnes
Hello again people and pooches. Jo the Cocker here. We woke up to sunny skies on an August Bank Holiday Monday. We weren’t planning to do a hike but, the weather was calling us to the countryside. We are not one’s for heading where the crowds are so my human had a quick look on … Continue reading Bold Loop
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 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!
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. It was a Tuesday lunchtime and we had just spent an hour in the park chasing my ball, chewing sticks and generally running around manically. We went home and I expected to spend the afternoon snoozing, which I love to do. I am a good snoozer. … Continue reading A Widnes walk – Meandering and Mysteries
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on another local walk while the country is still in lockdown. We are fortunate that there are a few different types of hike from our doorstep that we can do within an hour. We live in an industrial town so, the country hikes have gone … Continue reading West Bank
Hi people. Joe the Cocker here again. On a glorious winter’s morning like this we just had to be outdoors. Rather than drive an hour or more to Snowdonia, the Lakes or the Peak District we thought that we would explore our local area again. A hike along one of the more scenic parts of … Continue reading Mersey Way & Hale Lighthouse
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