Good Easter morning from Craighouse, island of Jura!
This was a day of walking and observing. We started with walking up to Market Loch, the source of water for Craighouse and the Jura Distillery.
Along the way we passed the requisite stone circle.
Feasted on amazing views of the Paps of Jura.
Saw acres of these plastic tubes "planted".
They were protecting tree seedlings.
Market Loch. Could you ask for anything prettier?
A view of the ocean and mainland Scotland from the heights.
Follow the stone wall up the center of the photo - the Market Loch was at the end of the wall - 189 meters above sea level.
They say "Jura" means deer, so here is the requisite stag. He's a beauty so enlarge the photo and admire.
A view of Small Isles Bay just north of our hotel.
This is the view from our hotel.
After a quick cuppa tea and a biscuit (ginger cookie), we headed north along the shoreline to Kiels, an old croft once abandoned, but now rebuilding itself. We visited a cemetery there where St. Columba's (from Iona) brother was buried. It included the requisite medieval burial slabs.
Back to our hotel in Craighouse.
We decided not to tour the distillery tomorrow as there are rumors we may not be able to leave the island due to a severe storm heading in overnight. We figured we should head to the ferry at Feolin which will take us to Islay - perhaps the chances of crossing will be better earlier in the day.
