NC500 to Oban Hi again people and pooches. If you have read my recent blog about our North Coast 500 road trip, you may be wondering what happened when we left the route to head home. Well, it took a few days to get back to reality. We crossed Scotland and visited the North East … Continue reading Scotland and Northeast England
Category: Scotland hikes
Multi-day backpacking in Scotland
North Coast 500
A road trip around the Northern Scottish coast All set! Where are we going to, dad? Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a long gap in writing my blogs. I have just completed a trip with my human where we drove a lot and hiked a lot. While my human drove the … Continue reading North Coast 500
Great Glen Way Quiz – The answers
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. How did you get on? Let us know your thoughts. 1 This is the official starting point in Fort William 2 The Corpach Wreck can be seen on the shore of Loch Linnhe in the village of Caol. The MV Dayspring has been on this spot … Continue reading Great Glen Way Quiz – The answers
West Highland Way Quiz – The Answers
We hope that you enjoyed having a go at our pictorial quiz. Currently, the person with the most correct answers is Jim Wright with 14 out of 15, on the West Highland Way group on Facebook. We walked alongside this loch. It is called Craigallian Loch and can be found a few miles from Milngavie. … Continue reading West Highland Way Quiz – The Answers
West Highland Way Quiz
Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here with a little quiz for everyone who is suffering withdrawal symptoms from hiking trails. I walked the West Highland Way in October 2019 with my human. He took lots of photographs on the way and we wondered if anyone would recognise the locations of some of them. … Continue reading West Highland Way Quiz
Great Glen Way – day 7 – 15/3/20
Day 7 - Creag Dhearg to Inverness Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here reporting on day 7 of our Great Glen Way hike. We had a good sleep overnight in the protection of the trees in our tent. The wind had been gusting in the pines but, our tent was well sheltered. … Continue reading Great Glen Way – day 7 – 15/3/20
Great Glen Way – day 6 – 14/3/20
Day 6 - Drumnadrochit to Creag Dhearg Hello people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here again reporting on day 6 of our Great Glen Way hike. We had spent the previous night in the comfort of the Bridge Suite in Invermoriston after being brought back from Drumnadrochit by Tom and Pat, the owners. The plan … Continue reading Great Glen Way – day 6 – 14/3/20
Great Glen Way – day 5 – 13/3/20
Day 5 - Invermoriston to Dumnadrochit Hello people and pooches. It’s Joe the Cocker here again reporting on day 5 of our Great Glen Way hike. After the zero day on day 4 of our trip it was time to make some headway into our trip. We had slept like proverbial logs during the night … Continue reading Great Glen Way – day 5 – 13/3/20
Great Glen Way – day 4 – 12/3/20
Day 4 - Fort Augustus to Invermoriston ?! Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here again reporting on day 4 of our Great Glen Way hike. We were camping in Fort Augustus at the Loch Ness Highland Resort campsite. Unbelievably, we were the only visitors to the site. All the lodges were empty … Continue reading Great Glen Way – day 4 – 12/3/20
Great Glen Way – day 3 – 11/3/20
Day 3 - Laggan Locks to Fort Augustus Hello people and pooches. It’s Joe the Cocker again reporting on day 3 of our Great Glen Way hike. We both had a reasonable sleep overnight despite of the sound of the wind rushing across Loch Lochy and through the pines. We had been protected from the … Continue reading Great Glen Way – day 3 – 11/3/20