I was in Murcia recently for the Bando de la huerta (an experience and a half) and it really struck me how disgustingly chlorinated the tap water is there: undrinkable even boiled in a cup of tea, and I am saying that as a Londoner who uses tap water to make tea all the time. But I really enjoyed seeing the ancient acequias out in the countryside: such a brilliant ancient technology, without which there would be no huerta
Love acequias. In the summer at dawn we are woken up by the sound of the fast running water of the acequia that irrigates our huerta and our neighbors.
I was in Murcia recently for the Bando de la huerta (an experience and a half) and it really struck me how disgustingly chlorinated the tap water is there: undrinkable even boiled in a cup of tea, and I am saying that as a Londoner who uses tap water to make tea all the time. But I really enjoyed seeing the ancient acequias out in the countryside: such a brilliant ancient technology, without which there would be no huerta
That sounds fascinating Claire.
Love acequias. In the summer at dawn we are woken up by the sound of the fast running water of the acequia that irrigates our huerta and our neighbors.
Do you have a nuria too?
sorry Claire don't know what nuria is.
A water wheel for driving a mill. I recently went to see the one in the village of La Ñora, where generations of my huertano farmer ancestors lived.
Loving the Substack, but when does your book come out?