Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking, road trips, and town walks with my human dad.
Whitegate Station Hello everyone, it’s Joe the Cocker here. This week we decided to take it easy. Our hike was a simple one. We walked the Whitegate Way, out and back. That’s approximately twelve and a half miles on an easy path. It is on a disused railway line and so it is more or … Continue reading Whitegate Way
Hello again humans. Joe the Cocker Spaniel here again. This hike was a bit of a change for me and my human dad. We (by that I mean my dad) decided to go to the Peak District where we don’t go to often enough. We (he!) decided to go on a Sunday which we don’t … Continue reading Mam Tor and the Great Ridge
Hello people. It’s Joe the Cocker here again. There was a short break in the weather on 21st November 2019 so me and my human dad decided to drive to Snowdonia to do another hike. The day’s plan was to do a circular route from Capel Curig to Llyn Crafnant and Llyn Geirionydd. The weather … Continue reading Llyn Crafnant and Geirionydd from Capel Curig
Choosing the route Hello humans. It's Joe the Cocker again. This is my report of a mixed day in North Wales with my human dad. It was on 16th November 2019 that we set out from Cheshire for a day on the Snowdonia mountains. We were on the road before 8 am with all our … Continue reading The Glyders fail – Llyn Alwen success!
9th November 2019. Joe the Cocker and his human dad. Llyn Brenig Visitor Centre Hello everybody. It's Joe the Cocker here! This is my second attempt at a hiking blog. It's a few weeks since we hiked the West Highland Way and this was our first real hike since. We had done plenty of walks … Continue reading A Snowy Day Around Llyn Brenig
Chapter 1: Plenty of Walkies! I need to introduce myself. My name is Joe. Just Joe. I am a Cocker Spaniel. My human dad thought that it would be funny to call me Joe the Cocker after some old school singer that nobody under the age of 55 has heard of. He says that he … Continue reading West Highland Way Walkies
Thanks for joining me! I have been hiking with my human dad since I was a pup. I didn't have a blog page until I was 2 years old and we walked the West Highland Way together in October 2019. I am going to write a blog entry each time we do an interesting hike. … Continue reading The Journey Begins
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 