Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking, road trips, and town walks with my human dad.
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. It's a bit of a different short blog today as we have just been watching the Tour of Britain cycle race passing through our village. There was a lot of noise as the local school children lined the road and screamed and shouted as the police … Continue reading Tour of Britain Women cycle race
Hello again people and pooches. Here are the results of the pictorial quiz of landmarks around the village. 1. The gate to Salem Baptist Chapel graveyard on Chapel Street. 2. St. Thomas Village Hall in Chapel Street. 3. The bridge over the Afon Eitha at Mill Lane 4. The postbox is situated in Stryd-Issa opposite … Continue reading Pen y Cae Quiz 2 answers
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, 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
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
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