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Jura Craighouse
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Craighouse is the population centre of the Island, it is situated on the East coast in a sheltered bay formed with a number of small islands giving shelter. The image above is a 180 degree sweep taken across the bay from behind the Jura Store. All the pictures on this page can be expanded by clicking on them. Dominating the village the distillery for Jura Malt whisky has a visitor centre and shop. Tours are available by arrangement.
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Opposite the distillery, the Jura Hotel is a pleasant place to get snacks, meals or a pleasant drink. The owners of the hotel allow camping in the field in front of the hotel and have showers available for campers. These pictures were taken in July 2003, I took my kids and three American boys, visiting from Las Vegas, in for lunch and fed all eight of us for under £40. I can recommend the venison burgers. In the gardens in front of the house tropical plants grow, not because the climate is tropical but because the gulf steam ensures that we rarely, if ever, get frosts.
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Walking along the road beside the shore there are many nice little houses, as you can see the day was threatening rain and we were eventually were forced by the deluge into the tiny church by the children's playground. This paid off because this little church has very attractive stained glass windows, after dropping a few pounds in the box in thanks for shelter we returned to the cars. I had of course left the sun roof open.
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