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.’
Special Easter Opening!
Friday 29th & Saturday 30th March 2024
10.00 am to 1.00 pm!
As from 1st April we are open Monday to Saturday
as usual