A while ago Clive Loveless contacted me through the Jura Info website. Clive had sent me some of his fond memories of the island when he visited it first in 1963 after finding an image of the Paps at a London Fair. I have contacted Clive and asked him if I could publish his memories [...]
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October 15 2009
Calum Bell Memorial Shoot, Jura 2009
Approximately 80 friends and family attended the Calum Bell Memorial Shoot on Jura on 26 September 2009 with 40 competing. The annual clay pigeon shoot, held last year for the first time, is an idea of Calum Bell’s friends and held in his memory. The results for 2009 are as follows: The Winner of the [...]
September 7 2009
Duncan Buie and Paddy Boyle
Gavin sent me a couple of links to websites that contain information and an image of Paddy Boyle and Duncan Buie, good friends and both sadly passed in 2007. Although I never met any of them in person I think it’s good to mention them here on this blog. They played an important role in [...]
July 23 2009
Echiums Jura House Garden
The echiums at Jura House Garden are causing a bit of a stir again this summer. Visitors from California to Cornwall are commenting on the crowd of 12-foot stems. these plants originate in the Canary Islands. One specimen in the ‘Ying-Yang’ garden has curled right back on itself, but continues to produce little blue flowers. [...]
July 12 2009
Fiona Charis Carswell Art Exhibition
The following story appeared in the Ileach Newspaper: The Jura-influenced artist is to exhibit at ICCI and told the Ileach: “I have loved Jura all my life. I was brought as a baby, brought friends as a student and now come in the holidays with my own children. “All my childhood summers were spent there [...]
May 14 2009
Spirit of Jura – Fictions, essays, poems from the Jura Lodge
In 2007, Jura Distillery renovated the old manager’s house that sits tall and adjacent to the distillery, overlooking Small Isles Bay and the distillery courtyard. The furniture, fixtures and fittings are an eccentric and eclectic mix of stuff that just plain works, right down to the old black typewriter in the lounge/kitchen at the top [...]
April 10 2009
The Jura Progressive Care Centre – Croit à Chala
The very impressive Care Home built on the edge of Craighouse after a long and patient campaign by Jura folk, has six flats, five of which are long term residential but one of which provides a very welcome short (ish) stay respite facility. The team who run the Centre and the six community directors are [...]
February 15 2009
Paddy Boyle Memorial Website
Gavin from Ireland sent me a link to a beautiful and touching website dedicated to the life and times of Paddy Boyle. When I had a look at the website I must admit that it was a bit emotional although I have never had the pleasure to meet him. It made me think of a [...]
