Tag Archives: Jura

Islay and Jura in Argyll and Bute

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Picture of a view across a sound between two islands, a ferry with Argyll and Bute written on it in the foregroundIs the Jura ferry pointing out that Islay and Jura are in Argyll and Bute?

Changes at a famous Jura boathouse (seen from Islay ferry)

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Picture showing a boathouse where work is being carried out, seen from a passing ferryA view from the Islay ferry in April 2016, looking towards Ardfin on Jura, on the left also Am Fraoch Eilean. The building in the centre is the old Ardfin boathouse, to my knowledge currently being converted to some kind of cafe or bar on the new Jura golf course. But the boathouse is also famous for something else, as far as I know it’s where the KLF burned £1,000,000 back in 1994.

View into the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a view from a ferry into a sound between two islandsA view back into the Sound of Islay from a ferry to Kennacraig on the mainland. Glas Eilean in the foreground on the left, Jura on the right. Through the gap between the two you can see Dunlossit House, Port Askaig is just to the right of it (hidden by Jura). Sgarbh Breac (364m) on the right.