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 [...]
Archive for the tag 'Pictures'
October 26 2009
Jura Paupers Houses
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 [...]
October 13 2009
Jura Cromie Stag
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, [...]
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 [...]
April 28 2009
Isle of Jura Panorama Pictures
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 [...]
July 19 2008
Panorama Picture Jura Landscape
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 [...]
July 18 2008
Panorama Picture Craighouse and Small Isles Bay
I took this panorama picture on the 5th of May 2008. The weather was absolutely glorious and already it felt like summer. This panorama image stretches all the way from the Jura Hotel, the Distillery, Jura Stores, Craighouse and Small Isles Bay back to the front of the Jura Hotel. You can see some distortion [...]
July 4 2008
New High Res Jura Images Available
I have created a new Image Gallery today with fifteen stunning pictures from our latest trip to Jura in May 2008 and a few from October 2007. the images can be used as background on your computer or just to have a look at to wonder away and dream of this beautiful island. Here is [...]
