Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking, road trips, and town walks with my human dad.
Hiking and backpacking in North Wales
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a visit to Bala on our way home from our tour of Cymru, Wales. It was a warm and sunny day. We had been driving for a couple of hours so we decided to have a break and a walk. We parked outside of the … Continue reading Bala, Llyn Tegid and Llyn Celyn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after following the Corwen Town Trail leaflet. https://www.northeastwales.wales/booklets/corwen-town-trail/It can be found online by following the link above, or you can pick up a printed version at various locations in the town, such as the town library. Corwen is a small market town in the River Dee … Continue reading Corwen Town Trail / Llwybr y Dref + Coed Pen y Pigyn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after following the Llangollen Town Trail leaflet. https://www.northeastwales.wales/booklets/llangollen-town-trail/ It can be found online by following the link above, or you can pick up a printed version at various locations in the town, such as the Information Centre. Llangollen is around five miles from home. Sometimes we … Continue reading Llangollen Town Trail / Llwybr y dref Llangollen
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here to tell you about an evening walk that we have done a couple of times before. Old Oswestry Hillfort is around 9 miles from home, so it's only a short drive away. Oswestry Hillfort was built almost 3000 years ago and is one of the best … Continue reading Old Oswestry Hillfort
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after another local hike. We have walked in this area a few times, but on this occasion, we decided to follow a route that we found online. At only 4 miles from home, Erbistock is a lovely area to walk in. Our starting point was The … Continue reading Erbistock / Erbistog
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a trip to Whittington Castle, just over the border from us in Shropshire. The castle was built in the 13th century on a site of a wooden motte and bailey structure. The website https://whittingtoncastle.co.uk/ provides an in-depth description of the history and facilities of the … Continue reading Whittington Castle
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a few days in a holiday cottage on the West Wales Coast. On our way home, we decided to visit one of our favourite Eryri, Snowdonia villages. Beddgelert is a small village at the confluence of the Afon Glaslyn and Afon Colwyn. It is famous … Continue reading Beddgelert and Aberglaslyn Pass / Bwlch Aberglaslyn revisited
Hello again people and pooches. It's Joe the Cocker here after a visit to Anglesey or Ynys Môn. We drove there from our holiday cottage in Talsarnau to Newborough Forest. The reason for our visit was to go to the island of Ynys Llanddwyn, which is the small tidal island off the coast. The island … Continue reading Llanddwyn Island/ Ynys Llanddwyn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a day travelling around the Llyn Peninsula coastal roads. We were staying in a holiday cottage in Talsarnau, just outside of Porthmadog. The cottage has an amazing view across the Afon Dwyryd to Portmeirion. We set off at 8:30 am. so that we could have … Continue reading Llŷn Peninsula / Pen Llŷn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a short break near Porthmadog in North Wales. Me and my human stayed in a cottage in Eryri (Snowdonia) for a few nights. On our first day, we made a short trip to Harlech. We have published a blog about the castle area recently, so … Continue reading Harlech Beach / Traeth Harlech
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 