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 about our recent and chilly visit to Harlech Castle. It was literally a freezing morning that my human decided to drag me out of the comfort of my bed. This was not a hike but rather a short bimble around Harlech and an al fresco … Continue reading Harlech Castle / Castell Harlech
Hi again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on another short walk that I finally persuaded my human to drive me to. The weather was amazing for early December. It was cold, dry, and sunny with only a slight breeze. We have always loved this area, but we have never walked on the … Continue reading Barmouth / Y Bermo Panorama Walk
Hello again people and pooches. It's Joe the Cocker here reporting on a trip that I recently took my human on. This hike was my kind of hike. It was packed with pooch friendly activity. I think that the human half of this partnership enjoyed it as much as I did. He kept prattling on … Continue reading Borth-y-Gest to Morfa Bychan
Hi again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here to tell you about an easy hike that me and my human walked in August. We chose an easy one because my human is trying to regain some fitness after having an iffy knee for a couple of years. It was an out and back walk … Continue reading Lon Gwyfrai – Beddgelert to Rhyd Ddu
Hi people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting about a hike that I did with my human dad last winter. My human always seems to drag me into the hills when the weather is iffy. On this occasion, it was blowing a hooley. Forty miles per hour winds with 60 mph gusts. It was … Continue reading Cregennan Lakes or Llynnau Cregennan
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. I am lying next to my human while he is typing this short blog for me. He says that I stink. How rude? He has been planting trees with two of my new human friends, Brian and Max. Brian owns a patch of woodland in Big … Continue reading Tree planting
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human did this walk in early December 2020 on a wet Sunday morning. The rain had stopped early in the morning so we thought that we would investigate an area that was new to us. After a short drive to the village of … Continue reading Nant-y-Ffrith waterfall
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human personal assistant have just returned from our New Year's Eve walk. We were going to hike to the summit of Moel Famau for the midnight celebrations, but after researching it we discovered that some people set off fireworks as the new year … Continue reading Pistyll Rhaeadr
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a wet one! We woke up to a wet and windy morning between Christmas and New Year. The plan was to drive to Llanberis and to walk around Llyn Padarn and to photograph the Lonely Tree on the bank of the lake. We had an … Continue reading Moel y Faen and Moel y Gamelin
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a post Christmas short walk. We regularly walk alongside the Afon Clywedog in North East Wales, so we thought that we would tell you about it. We were both looking forward to seeing the river in spate. There had been plenty of wet weather lately, … Continue reading Afon Clywedog
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 