A Blog about the Isle of Jura off the West Coast of Scotland
Posted in News on Nov 29th, 2012
Last month I wrote about the Jura Shop. The current owners, Steve and Bev Martin, were looking for ways to sell the shop but there was no interested buyer. This could potentially become a serious situation, or better a disaster, if the Isle of Jura wouldn’t have a shop anymore. The nearest shops are on [...]
Posted in News on Nov 19th, 2012
The island parish of Jura is now triple-linked with the Islay parishes of Kilarrow and Kildalton and Oa following a special service conducted by members of the Argyll Presbytery in Jura Parish Church on September 26. This service also marked the introduction to the Jura charge of the Rev Dr Rob Barlow who also serves [...]
Posted in News on Oct 17th, 2012
Herald Scotland online newspaper published an article about a possible buyout of the island’s only shop, Jura Stores in Craighouse, to secure it’s future. The current owners have run it since 1990 and have been trying to sell the business. According to the article the shop owners find it increasingly difficult to keep the shop [...]
Posted in News, photography, Pictures, Wildlife on Oct 4th, 2012
We’ve made a tour over the island yesterday, all the way up to “Road End” where I parked the car and walked further on for a few miles until the weather deteriorated. Despite the few and sometimes heavy showers we had a marvellous tour. The Red Deer Rut is in full swing and this is [...]
Posted in News on Sep 9th, 2012
When Greg Coffey, 41 and worth nearly half a billion pounds, bought the Ardfin Estate on Jura he closed the popular Jura House Walled Garden and sealed off the entrance by closing the gap in the wall. Later the welcome sign ended up on a fire at bonfire night. Many regular visitors of the island [...]
I think a word of warning is necessary before you read this article because it’s not going to leave you any happier, in fact I think when you’re done reading you are probably just as upset as I am. Why, you might wonder? What can be so terrible on this Jura Blog to upset you. [...]
John Potts, chairman of the Isle of Jura Development Trust wrote the following article for the Ileach. The Directors of Jura Development Trust are disappointed that the continuation of the Craighouse to Tayvallich Passenger Ferry service which is of massive economic benefit to the Isle of Jura and Argyll tourism is not supported in the [...]
When I read the sad news about the Jura Passenger Ferry on Friday I Tweeted “Bugger… No funding for Jura Passenger Ferry”. The Jura Passenger Ferry service between Tayvallich and Craighouse, operated by the Isle of Jura Development Trust, won’t sail due to a loss of necessary funding. The funds to keep the service running [...]
Posted in Estates, News, photography, Pictures on Jan 8th, 2011
During our last trip to Jura, in May 2010, we had beautiful weather and on such lovely spring days a visit to Jura House Gardens on the Ardfin Estate is highly recommended. When the Campbells of Jura built Jura House and its adjacent walled garden, they picked a lovely spot on its south shore with [...]
Posted in News on Jun 6th, 2010
The Westmorland Gazette reports this morning that Rob Jebb conquered the Paps of Jura to win the Isle of Jura Fell Race for the second time on Saturday. Jebb, from Staveley, finished six minutes clear of Bingley Harriers teammate Ian Holmes as he darted around the 16-mile-course on the isle to the west of the [...]
