:14:01
The potatoes have run out.
:14:04
The villagers eat unripe cherries.
:14:07
lt gives them dysentery.
:14:12
This is when the exodus begins.
:14:14
All the able-bodied men who don't have a fever...
:14:18
...head for Castilla or Extremadura to find work in the fields.
:14:24
We came across several of these caravans: of 10, 30, 50 men.
:14:29
They were carrying only a blanket.
:14:32
They have neither money nor bread
and they are going on foot to find work.
:14:41
We came upon another group several days later.
:14:44
They were returning as they'd come, without money or bread.
:15:04
How do the Hurdanos prepare the land to grow their crops?
:15:09
First they choose a spot close to the riverbank.
:15:16
Then they cut down the rockrose and heather.
:15:18
Their tools are rudimentary: pickaxe and shovel.
:15:22
These are the only tools they have.
:15:25
The plough is almost unknown.
:15:31
Once the plot has been cleared...
:15:34
...they put up stone walls, without mortar.
:15:39
The wall will protect the plot from winter floods.
:15:44
One the wall is up, they have to look for...
:15:47
...fertile soil in the hills.
:15:50
They put it in sacks and carry them through the brambles to their plots.
:15:54
This usually takes several weeks.