Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking and town walks with my human dad.
Hiking and backpacking in North Wales
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after me and my human had just completed the second part of the Llangollen to Chirk walk. The walk is rated in Julia Bradbury's 100 Great British Walks. We completed the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct to Llangollen section, and back, in between Covid-19 lockdowns, when we were still … Continue reading Pontcysyllte to Chirk Bank and back
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. In September 2020, when it was permissible for us to travel and hike in North Wales, me and my human walked the Mawddach Trail. The route took us from Dolgellau to Barmouth and we passed through one of my human's favourite places. Penmaenpool, or Llynpenmaen, is … Continue reading Penmaenpool
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. While the humans are restricted, we are staying in our local area for exercise. We love to hike in the hills and especially in North Wales. So, while we are reminiscing about our previous hikes, we decided to produce a short pictorial quiz about some of … Continue reading North Wales Quiz – The answers
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. While the humans are restricted, we are staying in our local area for exercise. We love to hike in the hills and especially in North Wales. So, while we are reminiscing about our previous hikes, we decided to produce a short pictorial quiz about some of … Continue reading North Wales Quiz – Where are we?
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human have been for another flat walk. My dad’s knee injury is limiting us in where we can hike so, the world seems to have become quite flat. He can walk for hours, providing that the surface is flat. Hills and mountains will have … Continue reading Pontcysyllte to Llangollen
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here to tell you about our recent mini adventure. The weather forecast was good for a few days so we thought that we would take advantage of it and nip to West Wales for a couple of days. Sunshine, light winds, no rain were all the positives. … Continue reading Mawddach Trail
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here again after a day in the hills. It was a Friday morning in July and the Covid restrictions had been relaxed enough for us to explore the countryside a bit more than we had been able to of late. I knew that we were going out for … Continue reading Tal y Fan, Caer Bach, Llangelynin
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
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a hike that me and my ‘hudad’ did on 29th September 2018, well before I started to write a blog. My dad keeps the photographs that he takes while we are hiking. He said that between us we should be able to remember the events … Continue reading Llyn Parc and Coed Gwydir
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a hike that we did way back in October 2018. My human dad had only recently started to take me out into the big hills and he decided to take me to Snowdonia to one of his favourite mountains. He chose a fairly straightforward route … Continue reading Moel Siabod
