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, reporting on a short local village walk. Bangor on Dee is a short drive from home. You have possibly heard of the racecourse here. Horseracing 'over the sticks' has taken place here for over 150 years. We picked a grey, miserable, and rainy day to visit. … Continue reading Bangor on Dee / Bangor is y Coed village walk
Hello again people and pooches. Jor the Cocker here to tell you about one of our favourite local villages. Overton-on-Dee is locally known as Overton or by its Welsh name of Owrtyn. We have to drive to Overton as it is about 4 miles away along a fast winding road with no pavement. We usually … Continue reading Overton-on-Dee / Owrtyn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a sunny Sunday morning's local walk. We walk around our local area on most days. Sometimes, we walk around Ruabon, but we love to venture further afield. Before we start we need to decide what to call the village. Is it Penycae, Pen y Cau, … Continue reading Pen y Cae – Sunday morning stroll
Hi again people and pooches. Me and my human personal assistant have just returned from one of our regular walks around Ruabon. We recently posted a blog about the Ruabon Conservation Area, so we thought that we would post one about some of the other interesting parts of the village. We have not included the … Continue reading Rhiwabon / Ruabon village walk
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human walk around Ruabon's streets every day. We have been on some muddy walks latey so the big feller suggested a walk around Ruabon's Conservation Area where we would be sticking to the pavements. The area covers some of the older parts of … Continue reading Ruabon / Rhiwabon Conservation Area
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after walking the Ruabon Heritage Trail. It was early February, and the ground was muddy. The weather was a mix of sunshine and clouds. We followed the route on the information board on the library wall. This is our experience on the day. We have taken photographs … Continue reading Ruabon Heritage Trail / Llwybr Treftadaeth Rhiwabon
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. I've just walked around Rocky Woods and Gardden Hillfort from Ruabon, one of my regular haunts. This walk can be found on the Wynnstay Arms leaflet that is available online and in paper form from the hotel. It was raining when we left so we both … Continue reading Gardden Hillfort and Rocky Woods – Ruabon / Rhiwabon
Hello again people and pooches. It's Joe the Cocker here reporting on a recent hike that I did with my human. He found this particular hike in an online leaflet that is produced by the Wynnstay Arms in Ruabon. It is described as a moderate standard walk of 6.5 miles that should take between 3 … Continue reading Wynnstay Estate – Ruabon
Where was Joe? The answers to our latest quiz that featured photographs of Joe the Cocker at landmarks around North Wales. No prizes, sorry! 1. Castell Dinas Bran overlooking Llangollen. 2. Panorama Walk above the Mawddach Estuary at Barmouth. 3. The approach walk to the Barmouth railway bridge on the Arthrog side. 4. On the … Continue reading North Wales / Gogledd Cymru Quiz – The answers
Where was Joe? A few photographs of Joe the Cocker at landmarks around North Wales. See if you can identify where he was. No prizes, sorry! 1. Admiring the view from where? 2. Posing in the sunshine. Where was he? 3. Tongue out! What is this place? 4. A snowy summit. Where? 5. Overlooking where? … Continue reading North Wales / Gogledd Cymru Quiz
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 