Jura
A wild place, quite literally. It covers a fairly big area of 36,692 hectares (90,666 acres) and is 28 miles long and 8 miles wide. A pretty hilly area, its highest point(s) known as the Paps of Jura stand at 785m (2,575 ft). The population from the 1991 census stood at 196 and has not changed much in recent years. An interesting fact on population is that due to the large expanses of wilderness to be found here, the deer population outnumbers the human population at a staggering 25:1. The name Jura comes from Old Norse meaning Deer Island.
An interesting tale connected with the island of Jura is that none other than Eric Blair, better known as the late George Orwel, resided here for 2 years in the remote location of Barn Hill, a farmhouse where he wrote his novel '1984'. George Orwell's former residence is as remote now as it was then, in fact the entire west coast remains uninhabited and the main settlement is to be found at the northern tip of the island.
Jura and its wilderness make a good place to go walking and camping, and you may want to visit its one distillery whilst there.
