Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking and town walks with my human dad.
Hiking in Snowdonia
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 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
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
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
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here again reporting on a short break in Snowdonia. Me and my human dad decided to have an overnight camp in our favourite National Park. I will be writing my blog in two parts, with my dad’s assistance. So, I will upload each of the two days separately. … Continue reading Dinas Emrys & Llyn Dinas
Hello again people. Joe the Cocker here. After this morning’s hike around Llyn Ogwen and Cwm Idwal we decided to visit another one of our favourite places while we were in the area. After we had eaten our lunch, as we sat in the car admiring the view over Llyn Ogwen and up to Pen … Continue reading Aber Falls from Abergwyngregyn
Hello humans and pooches. Joe the Cocker back again reporting on another day hiking with my human dad or ‘hudad’. Today we were going to one of our favourite areas. We were off to Snowdonia to hike a couple of our best loved low-level walks in North Wales. The weather forecast was in our favour. … Continue reading Cwm Idwal and Llyn Ogwen
Hello people. It’s Joe the Cocker here again. There was a short break in the weather on 21st November 2019 so me and my human dad decided to drive to Snowdonia to do another hike. The day’s plan was to do a circular route from Capel Curig to Llyn Crafnant and Llyn Geirionydd. The weather … Continue reading Llyn Crafnant and Geirionydd from Capel Curig
Choosing the route Hello humans. It's Joe the Cocker again. This is my report of a mixed day in North Wales with my human dad. It was on 16th November 2019 that we set out from Cheshire for a day on the Snowdonia mountains. We were on the road before 8 am with all our … Continue reading The Glyders fail – Llyn Alwen success!
9th November 2019. Joe the Cocker and his human dad. Llyn Brenig Visitor Centre Hello everybody. It's Joe the Cocker here! This is my second attempt at a hiking blog. It's a few weeks since we hiked the West Highland Way and this was our first real hike since. We had done plenty of walks … Continue reading A Snowy Day Around Llyn Brenig
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 