Algy loves to listen to the merry sound of the blue burn as it plays around the rocks on its way across the beach to the sea.
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Sitting by the burn, Algy found that the noise of the wind whooshing across the moorland disturbed the soothing trickling sounds of the water, and ruffled his mind as well as his feathers.
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The West Highland summer weather had reverted to a more normal pattern and Algy was feeling a wee bit disgruntled, not to mention damp and windswept. But it was always pleasant to sit by the burn, whatever the weather, and listen to the gentle trickling sounds it made as it passed by.
Listen to the sounds that Algy heard while sitting by the burn.
Listen to some of the sounds which Algy heard while he was dangling his feet in the burn.
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Algy is fascinated by all kinds of water, so he spent a happy hour or two watching this clear stream trickling across the beach, although he couldn’t understand where it was coming from, as it seemed to appear out of nowhere.
Algy settled himself on a bed of last season’s wild iris leaves, beside the burn which runs round the sand dunes to the beach, but he found it hard to concentrate on his reading. The constant trickling sounds of the burn were so soothing (audio post below) …
Listen to the trickling sounds of the burn that distracted Algy while he was trying to read.
The Adventures of Algy 