Sgeir Tràighe

There is an amazing little narrow ridge for a while before the two streams, dropping down through this square, join. The stream on the left is called Allt Blar Buidhe an t-Sluic Bhrodaich (!) and the one on the right is the slightly simpler Allt an t-Sluic Bhrodaich. Beinn Chaolais is on the background.

There is lots of wide open space containing just rough grasslands and moorland on the west coast of Jura as this example shows. The end of Islay can be seen across the sound of Islay.

The Sgriob na Callich was caused by a witch in a hurry. She was hunting on the paps when she noticed the man she fancied escaping from the island, so she slid down the slope to chase him, creating this long line of stones. Some people prefer another story, that this is a medial moraine caused by a glacier which split into two arms, one either side of the mountain, and then rejoined. Each arm picked up rock debris at its edge and when they merged, this debris resulted in a line down the middle of the glacier, which remained when the glacier melted. Take your pick.

Typical west coast view on Jura, with the remains of a basalt dyke visible. Islay is across the Sound of Islay.

A view from the Calmac ferry returning to Kennacraig from Oban via Colonsay and Port Askaig on Islay. In summer this route permits day trips to Colonsay from Islay and Kennacraig, with magnificent views throughout. Here the ferry is nearing the Sound of Islay on its return to Kennacraig, with the Paps of Jura visible in the distance. Possibly due to the height of these hills being less than the 914 metres required for Munro status, Jura has remained a quiet and very beautiful place - the most enchanting in the UK imho. And this is one of my favourite views of Jura - its white shore and far green country glimpsed as the day nears its end. Not easily forgotten.

Allt Bun an Eas from a Kayak, on the remote West Coast of Jura

View South into sound of Islay

Allt Bun an Eas