Comments on: Guests at Jura’s Barnhill pestered by Orwell stalkers http://forargyll.com/2009/01/guests-at-juras-barnhill-pestered-by-orwell-stalkers/ Thu, 24 May 2012 09:17:49 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ben Beasanthttp://forargyll.com/2009/01/guests-at-juras-barnhill-pestered-by-orwell-stalkers/#comment-69403 Ben Beasant Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:52:54 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=7370#comment-69403 Why is this house not owned by a body like The National Trust. It is such an important house in regard to modern British Culture. The Island and ones surrounding could really benefit from turning the house into a visitors attraction, possibly containing some kind of Orwell exhibition. Why is this house not owned by a body like The National Trust. It is such an important house in regard to modern British Culture. The Island and ones surrounding could really benefit from turning the house into a visitors attraction, possibly containing some kind of Orwell exhibition.

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]]> By: austin tx personal trainershttp://forargyll.com/2009/01/guests-at-juras-barnhill-pestered-by-orwell-stalkers/#comment-2122 austin tx personal trainers Mon, 11 May 2009 23:40:08 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=7370#comment-2122 Great marketing Great marketing

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]]> By: Tonyhttp://forargyll.com/2009/01/guests-at-juras-barnhill-pestered-by-orwell-stalkers/#comment-706 Tony Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:17:12 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=7370#comment-706 I'm inclined to agree with loobelia. If you own such a famous house, you are going to get tourists coming to look at it. If you choose to holiday in such a famous house, you can expect to be stared at. No doubt, in their marketing, the owners make a mention of the Orwell connection. I'm sure that will help with their bookings. No doubt some guests become closer to their hero by soaking up the atmosphere and surroundings that inspired him. Let us hope they don't soak up tuberculosis too. Yep! Non story. Cheap marketing. Good for them, we can all do with free advertising. I’m inclined to agree with loobelia. If you own such a famous house, you are going to get tourists coming to look at it. If you choose to holiday in such a famous house, you can expect to be stared at. No doubt, in their marketing, the owners make a mention of the Orwell connection. I’m sure that will help with their bookings. No doubt some guests become closer to their hero by soaking up the atmosphere and surroundings that inspired him. Let us hope they don’t soak up tuberculosis too.

Yep! Non story. Cheap marketing. Good for them, we can all do with free advertising.

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]]> By: loobeliahttp://forargyll.com/2009/01/guests-at-juras-barnhill-pestered-by-orwell-stalkers/#comment-705 loobelia Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:48:05 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=7370#comment-705 How dreadful! Holidaymakers disturbed! What a lot of non sense! This is a non story beefed up to create a bit of marketing for advertisers. How dreadful! Holidaymakers disturbed! What a lot of non sense! This is a non story beefed up to create a bit of marketing for advertisers.

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]]> By: naidheachdairhttp://forargyll.com/2009/01/guests-at-juras-barnhill-pestered-by-orwell-stalkers/#comment-703 naidheachdair Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:52:50 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=7370#comment-703 I'm not sure about this article. I went up to Barnhill as part of a longer walk to Kinuachdrachd in about May last year and the place was completely deserted. The effort required in both the long drive from Craighouse to the north end of the Jura road and the subsequent walk to Barnhill leads me to wonder whether there isn't a little exaggeration going on here on the part of Kate Johnson. I didn't see another soul on the entire walk, and you very rarely see anyone other than locals driving up past Ardlussa, so I'd be very surprised if "stalkers" (what an odd choice of language!) were "regularly" popping up at the windows of Barnhill. Could this perhaps be a little bit of free publicity for the owners of Barnhill? And surely it would be better for the economy of Jura to use Orwell as a marketing tool to bring tourists onto the island rather than saying "go away, you can't look at the famous house"? Just a thought. I’m not sure about this article. I went up to Barnhill as part of a longer walk to Kinuachdrachd in about May last year and the place was completely deserted. The effort required in both the long drive from Craighouse to the north end of the Jura road and the subsequent walk to Barnhill leads me to wonder whether there isn’t a little exaggeration going on here on the part of Kate Johnson.

I didn’t see another soul on the entire walk, and you very rarely see anyone other than locals driving up past Ardlussa, so I’d be very surprised if “stalkers” (what an odd choice of language!) were “regularly” popping up at the windows of Barnhill.

Could this perhaps be a little bit of free publicity for the owners of Barnhill? And surely it would be better for the economy of Jura to use Orwell as a marketing tool to bring tourists onto the island rather than saying “go away, you can’t look at the famous house”? Just a thought.

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