Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking, road trips, and town walks with my human dad.
We have just received this lovely portrait of me with Dinas Bran, Llangollen, in the background. It was created by Dave Edwards, who runs a couple of Facebook groups that we are members of. He has drawn my best side and I think that you will agree that I look very handsome 😉. Dave is … Continue reading Joe’s portrait
Hi, my name is Joe the Cocker. I am quite new to this amazing area. Where we lived previously, we used to post a quiz on-line, showing photos of parts of buildings and places that people walked past every day. The job was to identify the building or place. It's just for fun, no prizes, … Continue reading Johnstown quiz
1. The etched window shows the date that the Victorian pub, The Cross Foxes was established. 2. Ysgol Penycae Community Primary School has a large sign on the wall on the roadside with this symbol engraved into it. 3. Capel y Groes has these metalworks on each apex of the roof. The chapel was built … Continue reading Pen-y-cae Quiz – The answers
1. The 4 corner stones on the bridge over the Eitha all have mileage markers engraved into them. 2. The photo showed the cross and plaque on the arched entrance to the cemetery. 3. The photo is of the gatepost on the front wall of the Church Houses in Church Street. The houses are all … Continue reading Ruabon Quiz 1 – The answers
Hi, my name is Joe the Cocker. I am quite new to this amazing area. Where we lived previously, we used to post a quiz on-line, showing photos of parts of buildings and places that people walked past every day. The job was to identify the building or place. It's just for fun, no prizes, … Continue reading Rhosllanerchrugog Quiz – Do you know the village?
Hi again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here to tell you about an easy hike that me and my human walked in August. We chose an easy one because my human is trying to regain some fitness after having an iffy knee for a couple of years. It was an out and back walk … Continue reading Lon Gwyfrai – Beddgelert to Rhyd Ddu
Hi people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting about a hike that I did with my human dad last winter. My human always seems to drag me into the hills when the weather is iffy. On this occasion, it was blowing a hooley. Forty miles per hour winds with 60 mph gusts. It was … Continue reading Cregennan Lakes or Llynnau Cregennan
Hi, my name is Joe the Cocker. I am quite new to this amazing area. Where we lived previously, we used to post a quiz on-line, showing photos of parts of buildings and places that people walked past every day. The job was to identify the building or place. It's just for fun, no prizes, … Continue reading Pen-y-cae quiz – Do you know the village?
NC500 to Oban Hi again people and pooches. If you have read my recent blog about our North Coast 500 road trip, you may be wondering what happened when we left the route to head home. Well, it took a few days to get back to reality. We crossed Scotland and visited the North East … Continue reading Scotland and Northeast England
Hi, my name is Joe the Cocker. I am quite new to this amazing area. Where we lived previously, we used to post a quiz on-line, showing photos of parts of buildings and places that people walked past every day. The job was to identify the building or place. It's just for fun, no prizes, … Continue reading Ruabon Quiz 1 – Do you know the village?
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 