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Isle of Jura, tasting whisky and sheep shearing

Ron — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:22:36 +0000

I was reading the Isle of Jura newsletter today and came across a very interesting entry by Willie Cochrane, the Jura Distillery Manager: “Some of you may have got a nice Jura surprise the other night if you were sitting down to watch the TV and spotted Jura – the island, the distillery and me! – appearing in a new show starring Griff Rhys Jones, Rory McGrath and Dara O Briain. If you’ve got access to the iPlayer you can find the whole thing here and if not, here’s a little clip that gives you a taste of what you missed – If you’ve never been to Jura, it shows off the island pretty well.”

The “pretty well” proves to be an understatement, the video is great and very much worth watching and as a bonus you get a free lesson in sheep shearing! Enjoy and on behalf of me a Happy New Year!

Islay Pipe Band @ Jura Music Festival

Ron — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:40:06 +0000

In the weekend from 25-27 September the annual Jura Music Festival was held, this year for the 16th time already. Among the many artists such as the Blazin’ Fiddles, Karen Matheson and Michael McGoldrick to name a few were the Islay Pipe Band as well. In the video below you can see and hear the Islay Pipe Band playing in front of the Jura Distillery.

The Pipe Band published the following in the Ileach newspaper: After our performance in the afternoon we held piping and drumming workshops with the help of snare drum tutor Jim Whitfield. Everyone was kept busy trying their hand – and we played again in the late afternoon.

Saturday evening was extremely busy with bagpipes and a ceilidh band playing in the hotel. There was also a concert in the hall while local band “Peat Smoke and the Roaches” played in a marquee. The dancing in the hall with Archie McAllister and his friends went on until – well who knows – but it was late anyway….
The band was staying in a house up on the hill behind the Antlers – but it was quite a dark walk up to it. The bramble bushes claimed a few casualties on the way…We played again early on Sunday afternoon before heading home. A great time was had by all and we would like to thank the Festival committee for asking us over.

Jura Videos by Andrew Dubber

Ron — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:43:12 +0000

Andrew Dubber posted quite a few Jura Videos on Vimeo, a Youtube lookalike with a somewhat higher quality video. Apparently Andrew visited the Isle of Jura in spring and created some very interesting videos of the island. In the next weeks I will try and post more videos from Andrew but I will start with the tour at the Jura Distillery by Willie Cochrane.

The interesting bit about Andrew’s videos is the fact that people play the main part and not so much the other interesting features of Jura. In this respect it’s good to point out another video with an interview with a guy called Jamie about life on Jura which isn’t all antlers and whisky. In this interesting interview Jamie talks about the big wide world, and Jura!

Jura Distillery Open Day Video

Ron — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:43:33 +0000

The Ileach Newspaper was present on Jura and made a beautiful video of the Jura Distillery Open Day of 2009.

Jura Distillery Open Day 28th May from ileach newspaper on Vimeo.

Scottish Ultra Marathon in Ultra Bad Weather

Ron — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:13:11 +0000

Carl Reavey, editor of the Ileach Newspaper, went out last Monday to capture day two of the Scottish Ultra Marathon that started on Islay on May 3rd and lasts for six days. The Ultra Marathon has two stages on Islay and four on Jura. On Sunday the weather was pretty good but it broke down on Sunday evening and it has been raining almost non-stop since. The forecast doesn’t look too good either so it will be a very tough challenge for all involved. In the video below you can see footage from day two and it has a lot of water in it but also some smiling faces too!

The Vango Scottish Ultra – Day 2 from ileach newspaper on Vimeo.

Jura Roundtrip Video

Ron — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:19:04 +0000

I found a nice video on youtube from a group of friends circumnavigating the Isle of Jura. The video contains moving images, beautiful pictures and great music. Worth having a look at!

Isle of Jura Video

Ron — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:06:15 +0000

I have uploaded a video today to youtube from the Isle of Jura which I took in 2005. For some reason it took me over three years to actually make it available for Youtube. You can see a few pictures combined with video footage, sometimes from the driving car. I have tried to find matching music and it turned out to be something Celtic. Enjoy! If you are interested in my other videos have a look at my Islay and Jura Video Channel.