Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking, road trips, and town walks with my human dad.
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Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here on our last day on the Affric Kintail Way. We both awoke at daybreak after a really good sleep. It had been a cold night, but we had been sheltered from the elements in the relative comfort of the bothy. My human woke us both up … Continue reading Affric Kintail Way – Day 4
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here on day 3 of our Affric Kintail Way peregrination. Both of us had a good long sleep. My human woke a couple of times for a pee, but I slept for about twelve hours. I stayed under the big fellers coat in my nighttime fleece. It … Continue reading Affric Kintail Way – Day 3
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a really cosy night in the tent on the Affric Kintail Way. We woke up at daybreak after a very cold night. It rained and then sleated through the night. The tent was frozen when my human unzipped it. I stayed snuggled up while the … Continue reading Affric Kintail Way – Day 2
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after returning from another Scottish trail. We decided to hike the Affric Kintail Way at the beginning of February when a short break in the wet and windy weather arrived. The first part of the hike was going to be in wet conditions, but the sections … Continue reading Affric Kintail Way – Day 1
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
Kilimanjaro by the Machame Route WRITTEN ABOUT PRE JOE THE COCKER DAYS Twenty years have passed by since I challenged myself to climb Kilimanjaro and some of my recollections have become foggy with time. I was 45 years old at the time and felt like I needed a challenge. A few years previous I had … Continue reading Pole! Pole! Kilimanjaro
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
We hope that you enjoyed having a go at our pictorial quiz. Currently, the person with the most correct answers is Jim Wright with 14 out of 15, on the West Highland Way group on Facebook. We walked alongside this loch. It is called Craigallian Loch and can be found a few miles from Milngavie. … Continue reading West Highland Way Quiz – The Answers
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here with a little quiz for everyone who is suffering withdrawal symptoms from hiking trails. I walked the West Highland Way in October 2019 with my human. He took lots of photographs on the way and we wondered if anyone would recognise the locations of some of them. … Continue reading West Highland Way Quiz
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
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