Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking, road trips, and town walks with my human dad.
A road trip around the Northern Scottish coast All set! Where are we going to, dad? Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a long gap in writing my blogs. I have just completed a trip with my human where we drove a lot and hiked a lot. While my human drove the … Continue reading North Coast 500
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. How did you get on? Let us know your thoughts. 1 This is the official starting point in Fort William 2 The Corpach Wreck can be seen on the shore of Loch Linnhe in the village of Caol. The MV Dayspring has been on this spot … Continue reading Great Glen Way Quiz – The answers
Day 7 - Creag Dhearg to Inverness Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on day 7 of our Great Glen Way hike. We had a good sleep overnight in the protection of the trees in our tent. The wind had been gusting in the pines but, our tent was well sheltered. … Continue reading Great Glen Way – day 7 – 15/3/20
Day 6 - Drumnadrochit to Creag Dhearg Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here again reporting on day 6 of our Great Glen Way hike. We had spent the previous night in the comfort of the Bridge Suite in Invermoriston after being brought back from Drumnadrochit by Tom and Pat, the owners. The plan … Continue reading Great Glen Way – day 6 – 14/3/20
Day 5 - Invermoriston to Dumnadrochit Hello people and pooches. It’s Joe the Cocker here again reporting on day 5 of our Great Glen Way hike. After the zero day on day 4 of our trip it was time to make some headway into our trip. We had slept like proverbial logs during the night … Continue reading Great Glen Way – day 5 – 13/3/20
Day 4 - Fort Augustus to Invermoriston ?! Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here again reporting on day 4 of our Great Glen Way hike. We were camping in Fort Augustus at the Loch Ness Highland Resort campsite. Unbelievably, we were the only visitors to the site. All the lodges were empty … Continue reading Great Glen Way – day 4 – 12/3/20
Day 3 - Laggan Locks to Fort Augustus Hello people and pooches. It’s Joe the Cocker again reporting on day 3 of our Great Glen Way hike. We both had a reasonable sleep overnight despite of the sound of the wind rushing across Loch Lochy and through the pines. We had been protected from the … Continue reading Great Glen Way – day 3 – 11/3/20
Day 2 - Gairlochy to Laggan Locks Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here again reporting on day two of mine and my dad’s Great Glen Way hike. Our first day consisted of a flat 10.5 mile hike mostly along the side of the Caledonian Canal from Fort William to Gairlochy. We wild … Continue reading Great Glen Way – day 2 – 10/3/20
Day 0 Hi people and pooches. It’s Joe the Cocker here checking in after me and my human dad have just had an adventure in Scotland. My dad wanted us to hike the Great Glen Way from Fort William to Inverness and then to walk back to Fort Augustus on the South Loch Ness Trail. … Continue reading Great Glen Way – day 1 – 9/3/20
Day two of our Ullswater Way hike started just after daybreak. My dad heated his porridge and brewed a coffee while I ate my food. It was a chilly start to the day with slightly more cloud cover than our first day. So, we didn’t hang around. My dad packed the rucksack and rammed the … Continue reading Ullswater Way – day 2
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