John Buchan Story

SCOTTISH CHARITY NUMBER SC042519
Broughton Horticultural Show 26 August 2023 JOHN BUCHAN WRITING PRIZE WINNERS
From a large number of entries, on Saturday afternoon the judges picked two winners, 8-year old Andrew McCosh and 11-year old Darcy Short of Broughton Primary School. Congratulations to you both from everyone at the John Buchan Story in Peebles.
The extract from John Buchan’s The Island of Sheep, first published 1936 and chosen by Peter Thackeray, is: ‘A human figure was sliding down a rope from the deck, and he saw that it was Anna, coming down hand over hand as lightly as a squirrel. She saw him, dropped into the second kayak, and reached for the paddle. All was done as noiselessly as in a dream. There was a helper on the deck above, for the taut rope was dropped after her and swished gently into the water. Anna seized her paddle, and with a slow, stealthy stroke sent her kayak out into the golden haze.’
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John Buchan Story

SCOTTISH CHARITY NUMBER SC042519
From a large number of entries, on Saturday afternoon the judges picked two winners, 8-year old Andrew McCosh and 11-year old Darcy Short of Broughton Primary School. Congratulations to you both from everyone at the John Buchan Story in Peebles.
Broughton Horticultural Show 26 August 2023 JOHN BUCHAN WRITING PRIZE WINNERS