Hiking and backpacking in North Wales
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
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a hike that I took with my dad in February 2019. We didn’t write blogs way back then but, my dad has lots of photographs from our hikes and a sketchy memory. On this day we took a drive to Llangollen to hike to Castell … Continue reading Creigiau Eglwyseg & Castell Dinas Bran – 6/2/19
Hi people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on my first mountain climb. I had hiked up a few hills before this attempt but, these weren’t tall enough to be classified as mountains. Our attempt to climb Snowdon started on 9th October 2018. I was 18 months old when my dad decided that I … Continue reading Snowdon
Hello people and pooches. It’s Joe the Cocker here again. Me and my human dad have just been on a hike in North Wales. My dad said to me, out of the blue, ‘shall we go for an afternoon to the hills’? Well, you know me, I jumped at the chance. Storm Ciara had, more … Continue reading Llangollen History Trail
Good morning people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here again after a chilly night in the tent. Don’t get me wrong, me and the big feller were toasty in our sleeping bags. Mine is a fleece sleeping bag liner, doubled over and it keeps me nice and warm. We spent the night at Llyn Gwynant … Continue reading Aberglaslyn Pass, Cwm Bychan & Beddgelert
