Jura Fell Race 2014 took place on Saturday 24 May and once again the turnout was impressive. There were 255 entrants in this years race including eleven from Islay and Jura. The weather held well all day and all runners finished. First past the post was Hector Haines who set a new record with a time … [Read more...]
Isle of Jura 2010 Video
I've given the Jura Blog a big update today with a completely different layout and to "celebrate" that fact I've searched for, and found, a nice Jura video. It's a compilation of nice pictures and accompanied by some great music, Samba Pa Ti, originally by Santana. Very much worth looking so enjoy! … [Read more...]
Isle of Jura, tasting whisky and sheep shearing
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! - … [Read more...]
Islay Pipe Band @ Jura Music Festival
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 … [Read more...]
Jura Videos by Andrew Dubber
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 … [Read more...]