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 [...]
The only road on Jura, from Feolin to “Road End” beyond Ardlussa, is never far from the southern and eastern shore of the Island. The sea in the south is called “The Sound of Islay” and the sea between the Isle of Jura and Kintyre on the mainland is called “The Sound of Jura”. The [...]
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 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, 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 [...]
A while back Gavin pointed out a beautiful collection of old Jura images and when I revisited the site I had a closer look at images from Knockrome and Ardfernal. One of the images that raised my interest was a very old one of the Paupers’ Houses dating back 1901. Let me first show you [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Pictures on Apr 28th, 2009
I have changed the layout of the Jura website last week and it now matches the Islay website although the colours are somewhat different. Together with the change in layout I decided to create a new page that contains the panorama images I have from Jura. There are now eight beautiful panorama images online and [...]
Posted in Pictures on Jul 19th, 2008
This is a Landscape panorama created from six images which I took in May 2007. The image is from the North of the island between Tarbert and Lussagiven. I took it from a passing place somewhere along the road. This part of the island is very remote, extremely beautiful and lonely. Every half hour or [...]
