Mephistopheles <no-fixed@address.net> wrote in
news:i9rpc25ohr68ostf0sn5538r7ar7eaqks9@4ax.com:
> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:21:26 GMT, "Rolex" <rolex@webmaster.com> wrote:
>
>>The Isle of Jura is a small island off the west coast of Scotland.
>>Jura is currently home to around 180 people and 6000 deer.
>>
>>Jura's stunning scenery is dominated by The Paps of Jura - three
>>conical quartzite mountains - in the south of the island. To the north
>>of the island lies the notorious Corryvreckan Whirlpool.
>>
>>At almost thirty miles long and seven miles wide, Jura is the third
>>largest of the islands of Argyll, yet the majority of the island is
>>uninhabited. The main village of Craighouse lies in the south east of
>>the island in the shelter of Small Isles Bay.
>>
>>Today the prospect of peace and serenity far from the bustle of
>>modern-day life has appealed to many over the years. In fact it was
>>this remoteness which first attracted George Orwell to Jura where he
>>wrote '1984' from Barnhill in the north of the island.
>
> And much wonderful scenery too, but was the sky so universally
> blue?!!!!! Looks like Mediterranean summerscape in some shots.
> But can they get Broadband up there as well? LOL
>
> Thanks for the autobiographical peep.
>
> Mephi
>
I suppose we will now be treated to the top of Mount Olympus, complete
with bearded inhabitants, white marble seats, copious amounts of nectar
and ambrosia, and a unruly crowd of unclad ganymedes LOL.
Mercury.
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