Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking, road trips, and town walks with my human dad.
Hiking and backpacking blog
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
Hello people and pooches. Back in October 2018 I was one and a half years old and my dad had just started to take me hiking. I had built up my mileage steadily unto this time. I am difficult to tire out according to my dad. We had done plenty of flat walks during the … Continue reading Skiddaw, Little Man & Lesser Man
Hi again people and pooches. It's Joe the Cocker here. Not a blog as such this time, more an announcement. I have just discovered that my blogs have been read 10,000 times. I am gobsmacked! I started writing them on 25th October 2019 and today is 6th March 2020. It's amazing to me how quickly … Continue reading 10,000 views
Hi people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on my first mountain climb. I had hiked up a few hills before this attempt but, these weren’t tall enough to be classified as mountains. Our attempt to climb Snowdon started on 9th October 2018. I was 18 months old when my dad decided that I … Continue reading Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa
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
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a two-day hike in the Lake District. In March 2019 me and my dad were preparing to walk the West Highland Way so, we did a few overnight backpacking trips. The one that looked like it had a fair amount in common with the Scottish … Continue reading Ullswater Way – day 1
Hello again people and pooches. It’s Joe the Cocker here. My human dad didn’t feel like taking me on a hike on this day so, I had to do a little bit of gentle persuasion. I started off by staring at him. I built it up to the odd high-pitched whine. Then I went a … Continue reading Burton on the Dee Estuary
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a stormy eleven miles around Grappenhall, Appleton Thorn, Walton and Stretton in the Cheshire countryside. Storm Dennis hadn’t affected this area anywhere near as severely as other parts of the North-West. The high winds were still causing problems though and the odd shower was forecast … Continue reading Appleton Thorn, Grappenhall, Walton & Stretton
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on a short hike around Dunham Massey. We had a few hours to spare and so instead of a walk in the park or around our local streets we jumped into the car and drove to a nearby stately home. Dunham Massey Hall, a National … Continue reading Dunham Massey
Hello people and pooches. It’s Joe the Cocker here again. Me and my human dad have just been on a hike in North Wales. My dad said to me, out of the blue, ‘shall we go for an afternoon to the hills’? Well, you know me, I jumped at the chance. Storm Ciara had, more … Continue reading Llangollen History Trail
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 