A Blog about the Isle of Jura off the West Coast of Scotland
Posted in Websites on Aug 21st, 2008
From the website of Jura Stores you can have a look at the Live Jura Webcam which is pointed at the stone pier, at the back of Jura stores. The images from the webcam are of a very good quality and it’s a pleasure to watch. The refreshrate is about one second which is great. [...]
Posted in Travel Reports on Aug 18th, 2008
I found an interesting travel report today from the Moray Mountaineering Club who made a trip to Jura in an attempt to climb the Paps. There are a few nice pictures in the article and there is a link to more pictures on Flickr. About the journey they write: “On this occasion many people chose [...]
Posted in Websites on Aug 13th, 2008
A new resource for the southern isles of the Inner Hebrides is born. It’s the Islay Web Directory which includes the islands of Islay, Jura, Colonsay and Gigha. The new directory provides access to all the available websites of the islands mentioned above. If your site isn’t listed yet you can use the submit link [...]
Posted in Travel Reports on Aug 5th, 2008
A writer from the Sydney Morning Herald, Saska Graville, visited the Isle of Jura and was a guest in Jura Lodge. Today the writer published his article online and it’s an interesting account of his trip. From what I read the writer is very fascinated about the island and the fact that there is only [...]
Posted in News on Aug 4th, 2008
BBC Scotland reports today about the Jura ferry in an article called “Ferry link returns to remote Jura”. Below a quote from the BBC website: “One of Scotland’s wildest and most beautiful islands now has its first direct link to the mainland for more than 30 years. The last ferry sailed away from Jura in [...]
