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Jura Passenger Ferry Wins ForArgyll Award

Jura Passenger Ferry Wins ForArgyll Award

Great news for Jura. ForArgyll just published their results and the Jura Passenger Ferry won an award in the category best tourism initiative. Let’s hope that this award will give the passenger ferry enough publicity to draw a lot more passengers than they did last year. The...


The masterpiece that killed George Orwell

The masterpiece that killed George Orwell

There is a very interesting article in the online Guardian, written by Robert McCrum, about George Orwell, the writer responsible for the novel 1984, which is written in the north of Jura at Barnhill. A quote from the intro text: “Here, Robert McCrum tells the compelling story of Orwell’s torturous stay on the island where the author, close to death and beset by creative demons, was engaged in a feverish race to finish the book.” The article describes some of the last moments of...


Possible Cuts in...

Possible Cuts in Bus Routes

I picked up a story on the Oban Times website with unpleasant news for people on Islay and Jura, that is for people who use the regular bus services. According to the article several bus routes could be...


Jura Passenger F...

Jura Passenger Ferry Under Threat

Back in January I wrote that the Jura Passenger Ferry service between Tayvallich and Craighouse Jura, on a trial basis for three years, was rewarded a gold medal at the annual Argyll & Bute Excellence...



Jura Passenger Ferry Wins ForArgyll Award

Posted on Jan 01 2010
Great news for Jura. ForArgyll just published their results and the Jura Passenger Ferry won an award in the category best tourism initiative. Let’s hope that this award will give the passenger ferry...

Support the Jura Ferry Now

Posted on Dec 26 2009
When the nominations started for this years ForArgyll awards I was one of the first to nominate the Jura Passenger Ferry. Not that a reward will solve their financial problems but getting enough publicity...






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