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. On Sunday we decided to join the Walking for Pleasure Christmas Walk organised by Max Wieko. We have never hiked in a group before, so this was a new experience for us. My human is too anti-social and miserable to walk with other humans. Me, on … Continue reading Christmas Group Hike
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. The previous two days had been dominated by Storm Arwen. Devastation and cold temperatures were the orders of the day. We awoke on Sunday morning to cold but still conditions. So, after a quick breakfast, I gave my human the look! The look that says 'are … Continue reading Esclusham Mountain
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. I recently managed to drag my human off the couch for a walk into the nearby hills. There is a narrow and undulating unnamed road leading from Minera and skirting Esclusham Mountain, in North East Wales, then onto Ruabon Moors. The road takes you through a … Continue reading World’s End
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. I don't know why I introduce myself every time I posy a blog. You already know that it's me. Anyway, me and my human have just been on a walk in the grounds of a castle. Chirk Castle or Castell y Waun, to be precise, in … Continue reading Chirk Castle Woodland
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here checking in with all my friends. Me and my human went for a walk on the Sunday after Bonfire Night. I don't like the fireworks, so we haven't been going for evening walks for the past few days. The big feller promised to take me out … Continue reading Minera Quarry and Lead Mines
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. My human and me went for a walk around the Erddig estate on the morning of Halloween. During the previous night the weather had been awful. There had been heavy rain and high winds, but when we ventured out the winds had died off and the … Continue reading Erddig
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human thought that we would try a short walk with a bit of up and down. We haven't tested hopalong's knee on incline since his operation, so this would be an experiment on a short walk. Should we follow the waymarks? Bonc yr … Continue reading Bonc yr Hafod
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a gap of a few months. The big feller had to have an operation on his knee and we have been out of action for a while. Well, we are back, albeit only doing short hikes for now. So, we decided to tackle the Clywedog … Continue reading Clywedog Valley Trail
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after me and my human had just completed the second part of the Llangollen to Chirk walk. The walk is rated in Julia Bradbury's 100 Great British Walks. We completed the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct to Llangollen section, and back, in between Covid-19 lockdowns, when we were still … Continue reading Pontcysyllte to Chirk Bank and back
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. In September 2020, when it was permissible for us to travel and hike in North Wales, me and my human walked the Mawddach Trail. The route took us from Dolgellau to Barmouth and we passed through one of my human's favourite places. Penmaenpool, or Llynpenmaen, is … Continue reading Penmaenpool
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 