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. Me and my human have just spent some time exploring Dinorwig Slate Quarry. From there, we drove the short distance to Llanberis and walked to Ceunant Mawr waterfall. We parked in the village and walked towards the Snowdon Railway Station. On the left, we could see … Continue reading Ceunant Mawr waterfall / Rhaeadr Ceunant Mawr
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human have been on a little adventure. We have just visited Dinorwig Slate Quarry near Llanberis in North Wales. It's a place that we have driven past many times, and a visit was well overdue. We left home later than planned, so instead … Continue reading Dinorwig Quarry / Chwarel Dinorwig
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after another local walk around Ruabon. We decided to follow the course of the Afon Eitha as it meanders through the village. On this occasion, we decided to just include the length of the river that runs within the boundaries of the village. We started our … Continue reading Ruabon – following the Afon Eitha
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. On my walk with my human this morning, he stopped every few yards to take photographs. He's no photographs, but he tries. Bless him! It was a sunny October morning after a spell of heavy rain with a storm forecast for the next day. This is … Continue reading Ruabon / Rhiwabon Autumn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a visit to Ynys Môn / Anglesey. Rather than being a hike, this was more of a short stop and a butchers around. We parked in the RSPB car park a hundred yards before the visitor centre car park as the latter was full to … Continue reading Ynys Môn / Anglesey – Ynys Lawd South Stack Lighthouse
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human decided to extend one of our local walks. Sometimes we walk along Park Street, continuing up Twining Hill until we reach the path along Wat's Dyke. We walk along the path to Pentre Clawdd then turn down the drive and return to … Continue reading A rural Ruabon walk
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here on our way back from South Wales on our tour of Wales. We decided to stop at somewhere scenic to break up our journey from South Wales so that we could stretch our legs. I had been very busy snoozing as my chauffeur paid attention to … Continue reading Lake Vyrnwy / Llyn Efernwy
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human did this short walk a couple of years ago, but we forgot to tell you about it. Pistyll Rhyd y meincau is a waterfall on the Afon Eiddew. It can be reached by following a track in a north westerly direction from … Continue reading Rhiwagor Waterfall / Pistyll Rhyd-y-Meincau
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a day in Ceredigion, South West Wales. We were staying near to Cei Newydd, New Quay, on our tour of Wales. So, after a quick brekky, we set off along the coast to our first stop in Tresaith. We parked on the edge of the … Continue reading Tresaith and Mwnt
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a visit to Bala on our way home from our tour of Cymru, Wales. It was a warm and sunny day. We had been driving for a couple of hours so we decided to have a break and a walk. We parked outside of the … Continue reading Bala, Llyn Tegid and Llyn Celyn
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 