Now he finds Jura exports its own delightful, "Wrapped in Superstition. Never cut peat before May. Always finish a bottle of Jura on the day it's opened," as the box has it.

Jura lies opposite Islay, with the Corryvreckan between its north shore and the Isle of Scrabha and it was Orwell's location for his room with a view when writing 1984. And warns the Argyll News  the island is about to loose it's fast ferry connection.

This is a beautiful sea route.  Craighouse has the fabulous Australasian Gardens at Jura House, the new Antlers restaurant, the Jura Hotel and the (ahh) Isle of Jura distillery.

The ferry will also carry your bike. So everyone is urged to get to Jura as soon as possible, giving you the perhaps the last opportunity to take this intriguing sea route to Jura, as the island will no longer have its fast access to the Argyll mainland that this ferry had given it and that has eroded its sense of isolation.

The island’s estimates of usage, not excessively optimistic have been wide of the mark and the service has fallen below the minimum it needs to earn to ensure survival.

Its three year trial period is coming to an end. Argyll and Bute Council informed all community transport initiatives of the maximum finding it could make available to them in the current year – and the Jura ferry is already over the limit.

It’s a seasonal ferry – so it can be saved for Jura and for ourselves if we use it. It cost £17.50 each way. It takes one hour. It runs 6 days a week – with no services on Wednesdays. It offers two services in each direction on Mondays, Tuesdays, Frodays and Saturdays – with one service each way on Sundays.

Left: The Jura ferry from Port Askaig The Sunday service is effectively 2 one way journeys, with mainland access to Tayvallich from Craighouse in mid afternoon and Jura access to Craighouse from Tayvallich in early evening.You have to book for the passenger ferry.

As for Gaberlunzie, he's going to have a business reason to visit, namely checking out how the Jura broadband holds up.