| Such a short-term appeal needed to be easy to manage, so we kept our 'shopping list' simple; writing and drawing materials and toys. BBC North Yorkshire gave us all the support we needed, broadcasting the appeal regularly, and asking not just for donations but also for transport. Without their help, we wouldn't have got so far so quickly. By the last week in September we had a mounting supply of equipment in storage, from donations large and small. P&O had promised us a ferry crossing from Hull to Zeebrugge, and out of the blue Neil Dunning and Ian Britton offered to take all the materials out to Prague in their large van, with me as a passenger. We called in a team of volunteers, and in a single afternoon packed up 40 boxes ready for transit. |  |