Elizabeth writes:

One of the improvements at school this year is to provide lunches.  With no cooking facilities at school, one of the women in the village is going to prepare the food at her home.  She had hoped to borrow a large pot,but has been unable to do so, so we have had to provide one.

Madley Brook Primary School near Witney gave us an extremely generous donation a few months ago which was mainly spent on sports equipment.  However, there was enough left over to buy the pot.  The pot is a large black cast iron cauldron and designed for wood fires.

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I went to town this morning and found one just the right size.  After negotiating a discount (I always ask for one for school) I went outside to find a lad with a wheelbarrow.  For about 80p he loaded the pot onto his barrow and we set off up the street to my rendezvous.  This meeting was with the driver of a small minibus who runs an occasional shuttle service to the village of Ha Fusi.  He happily took the pot in the van promising to leave it at the village shop and send a message to my cook that she could collect it from there.

I got a message later that it had arrived safely.  It was only then that I realised how much I have adapted as it all seemed a normal way of getting something delivered.