Many years after the long summers I spent with my grandparents Elizabeth and John Agnew on their farm Dunrora in Redhills Co Cavan I decided to write about my memories. The journey there from Cambridge; joining in the hay-making; playing with cousins from Donegal; the dogs cats horses goats cows and chickens. Then I found I was also making maps of the places and drawings. The more I got into the memories the task of fetching a pail of drinking water from the well in Kivvy Wood became my main focus. A simple task with a profound meaning.