Corryvreckan Whirlpool Specials - August
Compilation of stills and video from whirlpool special trips to the Gulf of Corryvreckan during August 2010
Corryvreckan whirlpool, in Scotland - sailing into the world's third largest whirlpool
By all accounts this is quite a tame day at the Coryvrecken whirlpool. The world's third largest whirlpool is situated between the islands of Jura and Scarba in Scotland's Inner Hebrides. We took a Seafari Adventure while staying at Melfort Village, a small resort of cottages by the sea.
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Music: Take a Chance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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oban lifeboat in the Corryvreckan whirlpool
oban lifeboat in the grip of the Corryvreckan whirlpool in peak spring tides 20th Sept 2013
Corryvreckan Whirlpool Scotland
The Corryvreckan whirlpool off the North coast of Jura in Scotland. Went for a boat ride through the whirlpool, the first minute is pretty rough... the second minute is relatively tame in comparison.
If you look closely the sea about 15 feet away is completely calm, yet around the boat it is pretty rough.
Bob Martin
Old Photographs Of Isle Of Jura Inner Hebrides Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Jura, Scottish Gaelic: Diùra, an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and to the north east of Islay. The main settlement is the village of Craighouse on the east coast, which is its capital. Craighouse is home to the Jura Whisky Distillery, producing Isle of Jura single malt whisky. Craighouse was once served by a direct ferry from the mainland which berthed at Craighouse pier. This service was terminated some years ago, and access is now via an 8 miles single track road from Feolin on Jura's south west coast, where there is a small vehicle ferry to the neighbouring island of Islay. However, since 2007 a passengers only ferry service to Craighouse has operated during the summer from the village of Tayvallich on the mainland. The island is dominated by three steep sided conical quartzite mountains on its western side called the Paps of Jura. The demise of the Lords of the Isles at the end of the fifteenth century was shortly followed in 1506 by the Treaty of Camas an Staca, which removed MacDonald rights on Jura and gave them to the Campbells. Despite this, the sixteenth century was a period of skirmishing between the warring clans: McDonald, Campbell, MacLean and others. Then in 1607 the Campbells finally bought the island from the MacDonalds. This was the beginning of some three hundred years during which the island was ruled and largely owned by eleven successive Campbell lairds. The north of the island, however, remained in MacLean hands until 1737, when it was sold to Donald MacNeil of Colonsay. Beginning in the later 18th century, long before the notorious Highland Clearances of the following century, there were several waves of emigration from Jura. In 1767, fifty people left for Canada. In his later life, George Orwell moved to Barnhill, on Jura, living there intermittently from 1946, while critically ill with tuberculosis, until his death in January 1950. He was known to the residents of Jura by his real name, Eric Blair. It was at Barnhill that Orwell finished Nineteen Eighty Four, during 1947 and 1948, he sent the final typescript to his publishers, Secker and Warburg, on 4 December 1948, and they published the book on 8 June 1949. Despite its isolation, Barnhill has in recent years become something of a shrine for his readers.
Walking West Coast of Jura Island, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
Isle of Jura Ferry docks at Port Askaig, island of Islay, Scotland UK
Filmed 6.8.18
An introduction to Isle of Jura
Jura - In a world of it's own
Powder Horn, Isle of Jura Bagpipes
Powder Horn, Isle of Jura Bagpipes played by the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band
The Isle of Jura is one of Scotland's last wildernesses. A little over 200 people are outnumbered by 5000 deer on this stunning Scottish island.
The Isle of Jura can be found off the west coast of Scotland, and more specific a few miles north-east from Islay, separated by the Sound of Islay. It borders on the east at the Sound of Jura with the Kintyre Peninsula and Knapdale Argyll on the other side. To the north the island of Scarba is Jura's closest neighbour separated by the Strait of Corryvreckan with its famous whirlpool. To the west the island of Colonsay can be found, separated by the Atlantic ocean. Jura is an island in the Southern Inner Hebrides.
The Isle of Jura is roughly the same size as Islay and its name is believed to originate from the Norse Island of the Deer. Despite its size Jura is only inhabited by approx. 200 people, who are outnumbered by the huge population of deer. Latest counts by gamekeepers show that Jura has almost 5,500 deer, making an encounter with one of these majestic animals inevitable when visiting Jura.
The Isle of Jura can be reached by car from Port Askaig. A small ferry runs at approx 30min intervals daily from 7.30am till 6.30pm. Other means of transportation are a small boat from Colonsay to Loch Tarbert and there is a water taxi from Crinan to Ardlussa, but this mainly for visits to the Corryvreckan Whirlpool.
Jura has a lot of offer to its visitors. There are many historical sites of interest, varying from Iron Age Forts, ancient burial grounds and standing stones. Craighouse is a lovely little village and the main settlement on the island with a shop, tearoom and a hotel. In Craighouse Jura's only distillery can be found which is open for visitors by appointment.
Jura is mentioned in: Crossing to Jura, a song by R. Kennedy and D. MacDonald, recorded in 1997 by JCB with Jerry Holland on the album A Trip to Cape Breton; The Bens of Jura, a song by Capercaillie; and Isle of Jura, a song by Skyclad.
The 2010 album Poets and Lighthouses by Tuvan singer Albert Kuvezin of the band Yat Kha was recorded and produced by the British musician Giles Perring on Jura, with some of the performances being recorded in the forest at Lagg. The album reached Number 1 in the European World Music Charts in January 2011
The Isle of Jura - A Wilderness Adventure
This video is about our wilderness trip to The Isle of Jura where we saw red deer, the milky way, a fogbow and otters. It starts off with the ferry ride onto the island followed by our stay at the cruib lodge bothy at loch tarbert for some wild camping.
00:56 Ferry to Jura
03:24 The Long Arduous Walk to the Bothy
06:11 Victory Dance
06:46 The Cruib Bothy Tour
11:01 What's on Your Camping Gas Stove
14:34 Aeriel Footage & Timelapse Footage
17:07 Photography Gallery
17:50 The Otter
The Hike to The Bothy and The Bothy Tour Music:
Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (
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Aerial Footage Music By: Nicolai Heidlas
Song Title: High Above
Breaking waves, Portnahaven, Islay
Breaking waves and blow-hole spout down at the rocks near Portnahaven on Islay, Scotland. Taken March, 2008.
Glengarrisdale Bothy, Isle of Jura.
An adventure on this Scottish Island, camping at Craighouse and a night in Glengarrisdale Bothy.
Round Scotland 2015
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3 Islands Bike Tour - Arran, Jura & Islay
Lyndsey and Paul tour some of the Scottish Islands by bike.
Jura, Islay, Arran
Sailing in Scotland 2003 Part 6
Shots from a two week sailing trip in Scotland, Isle of Man and across to Ireland. Youtube has muted my video. To watch it with the audio working, go to the bottom of this page :
Slideshow of Jura
A slideshow of pictures from where I live, the one the only Jura.
Sailing in Scotland 2003 Part 2
Part two of a two week sailing trip in Scotland, Isle of Man and across to Ireland. Youtube has muted my video. To watch it with the audio working, go to the bottom of this page :
Seaside Scrambling, skimming stones and a visit to the worlds third largest whirpool Corryvreckan
Seaside Scrambling, skimming stones and a visit to the worlds third largest whirpool (Corryvreckan ) ….
A visit to Seil Island and a scramble to DunMor, followed by a cracking trip on the rib to The Corryvreckan Whirlpool. The sun then came out and we took the ferry to Easdale to brush up our stone skimming skills at the home of the World Championships for stone skimming … great fun :)
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Prime Minister's Scottish island holiday retreat
BBC political correspondent Glenn Campbell has filmed exclusively with the prime minister at his Hebridean holiday retreat on the Isle of Jura, in Argyll.
David Cameron said he enjoyed an active holiday, but was suffering from a phenomenally bad back.
He said he was effectively still in charge of the government while on holiday, and made daily contact with the office.
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