Letter from Rayner Heppenstall to Orwell

In this letter, it seems that Heppenstall had not yet received Orwell's correspondence dated two days previously, as he asks for directions to Jura. He is also still unsure about what to bring by way of provisions. It is likely that Heppenstall refers to Paul Potts, a Canadian poet, who had joined Orwell on Jura very soon after he arrived.

This is a reply to this letter.

Despite Jura's remoteness, many people stayed with George Orwell there. Paul Potts was one long-term guest, but he irritated Avril, Orwell's sister, who had joined him shortly after he arrived. Orwell collected his son Richard and housekeeper Susan Watson from London in early July. His former secretary Sally McEwen and her child also visited the island shortly afterwards.