A Blog about the Isle of Jura off the West Coast of Scotland


Isle of Jura Blog


Jura – Island of Deer or The Cursed Isle?

Posted on Oct 04 2009
The name Jura is believed to originate from the Norse ‘Island of the Deer’ but do we know...

Big Brother is Stalking You

Posted on Jan 26 2009
When George Orwell wrote his book 1948 in Barnhill, in the far north of Jura, he couldn’t have...

Jura Travel Report from “Down Under”

Posted on Aug 05 2008
A writer from the Sydney Morning Herald, Saska Graville, visited the Isle of Jura and was a guest in...

Paps of Jura in the Snow

Posted on Mar 01 2007
This is probably a view of the Paps of Jura that many of us will never see. Arra Fletcher who lives over...







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