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. I'm going to hand this blog over to my human because it was a totally self-indulgent trip that he has wanted to do for many years and means a lot to him. Unknown Pleasures album cover by Peter Saville Hello everyone. Joe the Cocker's human here. … Continue reading Ian Curtis / Joy Division
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a hike around Colemere. The lake is thirty minutes' drive from home and one of our regular evening walks in the summer. It's a quiet lakeside walk close to the more popular Ellesmere. There are a number of meres in this part of Shropshire and … Continue reading Colemere lake walk
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a visit to Ynys Môn / Anglesey. Rather than being a hike, this was more of a short stop and a butchers around. We parked in the RSPB car park a hundred yards before the visitor centre car park as the latter was full to … Continue reading Ynys Môn / Anglesey – Ynys Lawd South Stack Lighthouse
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human decided to extend one of our local walks. Sometimes we walk along Park Street, continuing up Twining Hill until we reach the path along Wat's Dyke. We walk along the path to Pentre Clawdd then turn down the drive and return to … Continue reading A rural Ruabon walk
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here on our way back from South Wales on our tour of Wales. We decided to stop at somewhere scenic to break up our journey from South Wales so that we could stretch our legs. I had been very busy snoozing as my chauffeur paid attention to … Continue reading Lake Vyrnwy / Llyn Efernwy
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human did this short walk a couple of years ago, but we forgot to tell you about it. Pistyll Rhyd y meincau is a waterfall on the Afon Eiddew. It can be reached by following a track in a north westerly direction from … Continue reading Rhiwagor Waterfall / Pistyll Rhyd-y-Meincau
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a day in Ceredigion, South West Wales. We were staying near to Cei Newydd, New Quay, on our tour of Wales. So, after a quick brekky, we set off along the coast to our first stop in Tresaith. We parked on the edge of the … Continue reading Tresaith and Mwnt
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a visit to Bala on our way home from our tour of Cymru, Wales. It was a warm and sunny day. We had been driving for a couple of hours so we decided to have a break and a walk. We parked outside of the … Continue reading Bala, Llyn Tegid and Llyn Celyn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on one of our days spent touring Wales in the early summer of 2024. We spent a couple of nights in a converted van close to Swansea University. On this day, we drove to the nearby Gower Peninsula. Specifically, we drove to a small village … Continue reading Castell Pennard / Pennard Castle
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after following the Corwen Town Trail leaflet. https://www.northeastwales.wales/booklets/corwen-town-trail/It can be found online by following the link above, or you can pick up a printed version at various locations in the town, such as the town library. Corwen is a small market town in the River Dee … Continue reading Corwen Town Trail / Llwybr y Dref + Coed Pen y Pigyn
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 