Tag Archives: Sound of Jura

Barnhill from the south, Isle of Jura

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Picture of remote house in a coastal landscape (Barnhill on the Isle of Jura)A view of Barnhill in the far north east of Jura, where George Orwell wrote his famous book ‘1984’. The Sound of Jura with the mainland on the other side in the background. Taken on a beautiful April afternoon on the return from a walk to the Gulf of Corryvreckan to the see the famous whirlpool where Orwell and his son ran into trouble.

Rainbow over the Sound of Jura seen from the Islay ferry

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Picture of the bottom of a rainbow above the seaSpotted during a ferry crossing to Islay in November 2017, a rainbow in the Sound of Jura.

Walking into the hills near Gatehouse, Isle of Jura

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Picture of some walkers ascending a low hill near a coastA beautiful sunny April day on Islay’s neighbour Jura. Walkers are on their way into the hills overlooking the Sound of Jura with the mainland in the distance.