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Isle of Jura Info

The Scottish Isle of Jura off the west coast of Scotland

Archives for May 2009

Jura Distillery Open Day Video

May 28, 2009 by Ron Leave a Comment

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. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: video, Whisky and Distillery Tagged With: distillery, festival, video

Jura Distillery Launch: Jura Paps Single Malt collection

May 26, 2009 by Ron 1 Comment

A limited edition of 1,300 bottles inspired by the famous Paps of Jura will be launched by one of the world's top barmen from The Ritz in Paris. The launch of this very special Jura Paps edition will take place during the Islay Whisky Festival which includes the Jura Distillery as well. At the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food and Drink, News, Whisky and Distillery Tagged With: distillery, paps, whisky

Spirit of Jura – Fictions, essays, poems from the Jura Lodge

May 14, 2009 by Ron 2 Comments

In 2007, Jura Distillery renovated the old manager’s house that sits tall and adjacent to the distillery, overlooking Small Isles Bay and the distillery courtyard. The furniture, fixtures and fittings are an eccentric and eclectic mix of stuff that just plain works, right down to the old black … [Read more...]

Filed Under: snippets Tagged With: book, lodge, orwell, review, writers

Scottish Ultra Marathon 2009 Results and Report

May 10, 2009 by Ron Leave a Comment

Competitors in the Vango Scottish Ultra who have suffered a week of wet and windy weather, making it more of a challenge than it perhaps initially seemed. [image courtesy Carl Reavey] After cancellation of the last day due to atrocious weather the final results of the 2009 Scottish Ultra are: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: event, marathon, ultra

Scottish Ultra Marathon in Ultra Bad Weather

May 6, 2009 by Ron Leave a Comment

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, video Tagged With: event, marathon, ultra, video

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