Bay of Small Isles, Isle of Jura

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Picture of a bay with beaches, a village and a sheltering island

An impression from a beautiful summer afternoon on Islay’s neighbour Jura. This is the Bay of Small Isles on the east coast of Jura. Jura’s main settlement Craighouse with the distillery on the right. One of the small isles the name comes from on the left, Eilean nan Gabhar.

Bunnahabhain distillery across the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a distillery with a small village, seen across a sound between two islands

A view from Jura across the Sound of Islay to Bunnahabhain with the distillery and the small village originally built to house the distillery workers.

Walking in the hills on the Isle of Jura

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Picture of three walkers walking up a hill on an island

An impression from a walk on Islay’s neighbour Jura during an Islay walking week a few years ago. The houses in the distance are at Tarbert, Tarbert Bay is just behind the hills on the right. Mainland Argyll in the far distance across the Sound of Jura.