The For Argyll Website reports today about the problems with broadband connections on Jura. A quote from the article:Argyll’s Isle of Jura has had no broadband connection for almost a week. The fault is proving difficult to trace and BT’s so-called Customer Services have pronounced that the problem lies with individual homes and is not a matter for their engineers. Surely … [Read more...] about Broadband Internet Problems on Jura
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Three Fatalities in Islay Car Crash
The Islay community is in mourning after three people - including a farmer and his young son - were killed in a road crash which took place in the afternoon of Tuesday 2nd December. Dougald MacTaggart, 38, and his son Jamie, 10, died when their pick-up truck was involved in a four-vehicle smash near his parents' house on Islay. A third man, Neil MacFadyen, 47, who worked on Mr … [Read more...] about Three Fatalities in Islay Car Crash
Difference between Jura Venison and Mainland Venison
This is not a lengthy account of Jura Venison, but merely a made up title for an article I found on the "The Age" website. The Age is an online as well as a magazine publishing company from down under in Australia. The author, Andrew Marshall, visited the Hebrides and wrote about Islay and Jura. I was specially interested in what he wrote about Jura, therefore a quote from the … [Read more...] about Difference between Jura Venison and Mainland Venison
Isle of Jura seen from Gigha Panorama Picture
This panorama picture was created by Arra Fletcher from the Persabus Pottery, he sent it to me more than a year ago and I found it again today. Arra used to live on Islay and visited Jura quite often. In the next months I will post a lot more very beautiful Jura Images, including many taken from the top of the Paps. For now you can have a look at the Jura panorama image which … [Read more...] about Isle of Jura seen from Gigha Panorama Picture
Willie Tait on Whisky Cast
I found an interesting interview with Willie Tait who was both manager of Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay in 1999 and the Isle of Jura Distillery. Willie Tait's involvement with the Isle of Jura brand began in 1975 when he was first hired as a "Tunroom Man" at the remote Hebridean distillery. He was involved in 1975 with the introduction of the distillery's first Single Malt … [Read more...] about Willie Tait on Whisky Cast