Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking, road trips, and town walks with my human dad.
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. On Sunday we decided to join the Walking for Pleasure Christmas Walk organised by Max Wieko. We have never hiked in a group before, so this was a new experience for us. My human is too anti-social and miserable to walk with other humans. Me, on … Continue reading Christmas Group Hike
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. The previous two days had been dominated by Storm Arwen. Devastation and cold temperatures were the orders of the day. We awoke on Sunday morning to cold but still conditions. So, after a quick breakfast, I gave my human the look! The look that says 'are … Continue reading Esclusham Mountain
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. This is a blog with a difference. In today's post there was an amazing treat for me. Not an edible one for a change, but a portrait of yours truly! When we were hiking the Great Glen Way last year we had a shock one morning … Continue reading My Portrait
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. I recently managed to drag my human off the couch for a walk into the nearby hills. There is a narrow and undulating unnamed road leading from Minera and skirting Esclusham Mountain, in North East Wales, then onto Ruabon Moors. The road takes you through a … Continue reading World’s End
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. I don't know why I introduce myself every time I posy a blog. You already know that it's me. Anyway, me and my human have just been on a walk in the grounds of a castle. Chirk Castle or Castell y Waun, to be precise, in … Continue reading Chirk Castle Woodland
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here checking in with all my friends. Me and my human went for a walk on the Sunday after Bonfire Night. I don't like the fireworks, so we haven't been going for evening walks for the past few days. The big feller promised to take me out … Continue reading Minera Quarry and Lead Mines
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. My human and me went for a walk around the Erddig estate on the morning of Halloween. During the previous night the weather had been awful. There had been heavy rain and high winds, but when we ventured out the winds had died off and the … Continue reading Erddig
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human thought that we would try a short walk with a bit of up and down. We haven't tested hopalong's knee on incline since his operation, so this would be an experiment on a short walk. Should we follow the waymarks? Bonc yr … Continue reading Bonc yr Hafod
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a gap of a few months. The big feller had to have an operation on his knee and we have been out of action for a while. Well, we are back, albeit only doing short hikes for now. So, we decided to tackle the Clywedog … Continue reading Clywedog Valley Trail
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. The answers to our latest quiz are below. As we said, the photos were all taken in Halton village. 1 The steps lead to the front entrance to the Norton Arms 2 The wood carving is the bug on the top of the Bug Hotel in … Continue reading Runcorn Quiz 23 – The answers
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 