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 after a trip to Whittington Castle, just over the border from us in Shropshire. The castle was built in the 13th century on a site of a wooden motte and bailey structure. The website https://whittingtoncastle.co.uk/ provides an in-depth description of the history and facilities of the … Continue reading Whittington Castle
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a few days in a holiday cottage on the West Wales Coast. On our way home, we decided to visit one of our favourite Eryri, Snowdonia villages. Beddgelert is a small village at the confluence of the Afon Glaslyn and Afon Colwyn. It is famous … Continue reading Beddgelert and Aberglaslyn Pass / Bwlch Aberglaslyn revisited
Hello again people and pooches. It's Joe the Cocker here after a visit to Anglesey or Ynys Môn. We drove there from our holiday cottage in Talsarnau to Newborough Forest. The reason for our visit was to go to the island of Ynys Llanddwyn, which is the small tidal island off the coast. The island … Continue reading Llanddwyn Island/ Ynys Llanddwyn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a day travelling around the Llyn Peninsula coastal roads. We were staying in a holiday cottage in Talsarnau, just outside of Porthmadog. The cottage has an amazing view across the Afon Dwyryd to Portmeirion. We set off at 8:30 am. so that we could have … Continue reading Llŷn Peninsula / Pen Llŷn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a short break near Porthmadog in North Wales. Me and my human stayed in a cottage in Eryri (Snowdonia) for a few nights. On our first day, we made a short trip to Harlech. We have published a blog about the castle area recently, so … Continue reading Harlech Beach / Traeth Harlech
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here, reporting on a short local village walk. Bangor on Dee is a short drive from home. You have possibly heard of the racecourse here. Horseracing 'over the sticks' has taken place here for over 150 years. We picked a grey, miserable, and rainy day to visit. … Continue reading Bangor on Dee / Bangor is y Coed village walk
Hello again people and pooches. Jor the Cocker here to tell you about one of our favourite local villages. Overton-on-Dee is locally known as Overton or by its Welsh name of Owrtyn. We have to drive to Overton as it is about 4 miles away along a fast winding road with no pavement. We usually … Continue reading Overton-on-Dee / Owrtyn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a sunny Sunday morning's local walk. We walk around our local area on most days. Sometimes, we walk around Ruabon, but we love to venture further afield. Before we start we need to decide what to call the village. Is it Penycae, Pen y Cau, … Continue reading Pen y Cae – Sunday morning stroll
Hi again people and pooches. Me and my human personal assistant have just returned from one of our regular walks around Ruabon. We recently posted a blog about the Ruabon Conservation Area, so we thought that we would post one about some of the other interesting parts of the village. We have not included the … Continue reading Rhiwabon / Ruabon village walk
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human walk around Ruabon's streets every day. We have been on some muddy walks latey so the big feller suggested a walk around Ruabon's Conservation Area where we would be sticking to the pavements. The area covers some of the older parts of … Continue reading Ruabon / Rhiwabon Conservation Area
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 