Wellington

Wellington, surrounded by the Bain's Kloof mountains is a small farming community close to Paarl. There are a few coffee shops in the main street, and small wine estates and olive producers on the picturesque "horse shoe road”.

Wellington is also the centre for South Africa's dried-fruit industry. In early summer you might see row upon row of bright orange apricot halves soaking in the sunshine.

To this day every passenger train stops at Wellington. This is because the man who donated his land for the Wellington station did so on condition that every passing train stopped there - even the -distance express trains pull in for a few minutes to adhere to this old rite of passage.

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