A Blog about the Isle of Jura off the West Coast of Scotland
Posted in photography, Pictures on Mar 23rd, 2013
Over the years my wife and I, and in the last three years also our wee daughter, visited the Isle of Jura dozens of times. And on each occasion I took a lot of pictures of the beautiful scenery, the wildlife and everything else this fascinating island has to offer. On the Jura Info website [...]
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 [...]
Just outside Craighouse where the Corran River flows under the Three Arches Bridge is a right turn from the main road to a beautiful part of Jura. If you follow this road you eventually end up on a wee hill at Ardfernal offering great panoramic views over the island. I want to share a beautiful [...]
Posted in photography, Pictures on Sep 22nd, 2012
Last week I showed some views of Jura’s Small Isles Bay and this week I’ve created a few new panorama images of Lowlandman’s Bay, which is north of Small Isles Bay and just as beautiful. The panorama picture consists of ten images taken from a wee hill called Maol nam Fineag, the bare hill of [...]
Posted in photography, Pictures on Sep 15th, 2012
Every time we visit jura, and that’s a lot of times in the last ten years, we visit the beach at the airstrip where we enjoy the views of the Small Isles Bay and enjoy the peace and quiet on this part of the island. You can reach this tranquill beach when you turn right [...]
Posted in photography, Travel Reports on Apr 16th, 2011
James Deane is from the neighbouring Isle of Islay and is a very talented photographer, although he started just a few years ago. You probably won’t believe me when you see the images here and on his website but it’s true. James visited the Isle of Jura early March and walked through miles of boggy [...]
Posted in photography, Pictures, Whisky and Distillery on Jan 21st, 2011
The Isle of Jura Distillery is running a photography competition with some very attractive prices, including a trip to Jura, Olympus camera’s and much more. All you have to do is upload your favourite Jura picture and add a wee bit of text. You shouldn’t wait too long, the competition closes tonight. I have uploaded [...]
Posted in News, photography on Mar 11th, 2010
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” [...]
Posted in photography, Pictures on Feb 28th, 2010
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 [...]
When Teresa Morris of Islay Wildscapes sent me the images of the Red Deer Rut on Jura she told me there were some special images of a Cromie Stag. I have done some research on the internet and came up with a fascinating chapter from a book called “The Deer Forests Of Scotland”. This book, [...]
