The Isle of Jura is now visible on Google Streetview, same as Islay, Jura’s neighbour. To access Google Streetview go to maps.google.co.uk and type for instance Craighouse Jura. Click the the link Craighouse on the left of the screen and when the pop-up appears click on the Streetview link below the image. I have “travelled” [...]
Archive for the tag 'craighouse'
February 28 2010
Isle of Jura Winter Scenes
The winter in this part of Scotland has been unusually cold with many days of snow and frosty nights. The gales that usually batter the island in the winter took a detour and what was left were a lot of sunny and crisp winter days. The Paps of Jura have been covered in snow for [...]
October 12 2009
Craighouse Jura in 1817 from the Canmore Database
I’m a big fan of old images and postcards and one of the best resources comes from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). It’s a mouth full, I know, but there is lots to be found as well. The site has several collections and the one I’m most fascinated [...]
October 3 2009
Grahame Petit Preparing Jura Venison
In May I wrote about the opening of the Antlers restaurant on Jura. The restaurant, located in Craighouse next to the Jura Distillery, is run by Grahame Petit and Steve Prust. Much to my surprise Grahame’s daughter Becky added a wee comment to that blog post and she wrote that she liked the food because [...]
January 26 2009
The Antlers – Bistro Restaurant Craighouse Jura
Grahame Petit, one of the owners of the Small Isles Catering Van together with Steve Prust, sent me an email a while back with some great news for Jura. If all goes as planned a new restaurant will open on Jura in May 2009. Grahame said: “Steve Prust and I are opening with the help [...]
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 10 2007
Jura Passenger Ferry from Craighouse to Tayvallich Kintyre
‘Travel from Craighouse Stone Pier, Jura to Tayvallich on the mainland in under 1 hour!’ You can even have a day out in Oban and return the same day! Earlier I wrote about a possible ferry from Kintyre to Jura, and for a while no further news came available which gave the impression that this [...]
