Fetching Well Water - A Messy Business

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Today I went to get some water from the well. We use this as drinking water both in the village and in town. As the water flushed into the 10 litre plastic bottle the plastic cap on with the handle dropped off and all the water spilled over my feet and onto the ground. This was the least of the problems as the water mixed with the soil and turned into mud and this was now all over my sandals as I had to take them off and wash them being left with bare muddy feet to clean up as well. A simple task which turned out to be very messy indeed.