MacLeod and Jerry Bellune travelled to Spain for the Lexington Chronicle (South Carolina, USA) in 1992. I have never before read this paper and frankly, I don't think I missed too much. I do like the following fragment from their story though:
We visited an ancient beret factory. The building was so old the planking was covered with metal patches to keep you from falling through the floors.
Every ancient machine was powered by the water wheel outside. This water-driven power came to the machine by way of a set of belts that ran throughout the factory.
How they kept this ancient machinery going was a testament to the ingenuity of the factory’s workers.
We bought four berets, donned two of them and were stopped on the street by a native who thought we, too, were Basques.
Every ancient machine was powered by the water wheel outside. This water-driven power came to the machine by way of a set of belts that ran throughout the factory.
How they kept this ancient machinery going was a testament to the ingenuity of the factory’s workers.
We bought four berets, donned two of them and were stopped on the street by a native who thought we, too, were Basques.
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| When this gent with the cigarette saw us wearing berets, he immediately wanted to strike up a conversation in his native Basque language Euskera. |
It fails to mention what factory it is, but it can hardly be anything else but La Encartada - till a few years ago the main and only competition to Boinas Elosegui in Spain.
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