Jura

Some 30mi/48km long and 7mi/11.2km wide, the island of Jura is almost treeless and has until recently attracted few tourists. The word "Jura" means "stag island" a reference to the large red deer population. Jura's highest point on the island is the double peak known as "The Paps" (a vulgar Scottish word meaning "breasts"; 2,571ft/784m). The best place to start an ascent of The Paps is from Feolin where the ferry arrives. In Barnhill at the north end of the island Eric Blair, alias George Orwell, wrote "1984", his satire of a totalitarian state (published in 1949).