West Highland Housing Association was delighted to be joined by Argyll and Bute Council, NHS Highland and many people of the Jura community on the 23rd September for the formal opening of the Jura Progressive Care Centre and six General Needs houses. The opening was performed by Stewart Maxwell, Minister for Communities and Sport, and [...]
Archive for September, 2008
September 30 2008
New Crofts for Jura on Ardfin Estate
Earlier I wrote about new crofts on Jura from information which was published in the Scotsman. The Ileach local newspaper published the full story in last weeks edition which you can find below: The Crofters Commission has approved the proposal by Ardfin Estate to create six new crofts on the Island of Jura. Drew Ratter, [...]
September 27 2008
Jura Malt Whisky Writer Retreat
I found a very interesting travel report today which is related to the Jura Malt Whisky Writer Retreat, organised by the Scottish Book Trust. To understand what it’s all about here is a quote from the Trusts’ website: “Scottish Book Trust and Isle of Jura malt whisky are working together to offer writers the opportunity [...]
September 27 2008
Amateur Radio Contest on Jura
Since last week the Isle of Jura is host to the Sands Contest Group. A very active Amateur Radio Contest Group based in North Lancashire. On their website they write: “Sands Contest Group was formed in 2004 by several friends who wanted to be more active with their hobby and to improve their techniques and [...]
September 16 2008
New Crofts on Jura
The Scotsman reported today that six new crofts are to be created on Jura to help with the revival of the island. A croft is a small agricultural landholding and are most often found in the Highlands and Islands area but also in other places in Scotland. A quote from the article in the Scotsman: [...]
September 7 2008
Isle of Jura Video
I have uploaded a video today to youtube from the Isle of Jura which I took in 2005. For some reason it took me over three years to actually make it available for Youtube. You can see a few pictures combined with video footage, sometimes from the driving car. I have tried to find matching [...]
