Carrie, Jon and I had a very nice lunch in the La Taverna restaurant (pictured) after a hectic morning delivering two loads of seed from Mitongwe (by 0730), driving to Blantyre (180km) and rushing round banks and vehicle spare parts departments before they closed for lunch.

The restaurant is on the ground floor of Mandala House, which is the oldest building still standing in Malawi - built in 1882 by the Moir brothers from Glasgow - hence the Scottish flag flying.

Mandala was the trading name of the African Lakes Company and Mandala stores were set up all over the country - selling coffee, clothing, hardware and ammunition. Distribution of goods to the stores was done on foot!