💋 A Different Color Monday 💋 Blue Monday I refuse to bow to..

💋 A Different Color Monday 💋 Blue Monday I refuse to bow to you whims today Today will be my day... A day of laughter 😆 A day of smiles 😁 A day of loving 💕 Today I will paint Monday red!!! - Nonnie An early winter’s morning just outside the town of Wakkerstroom. From here you could look down at the little down. We camped here at the old railway station. The old station building is now a pub with a few camping spots. The station is about 3 kilometers out of town. It was constructed in 1910. The rails are not in use, it became a victim of the general decline of rail transport in South Africa. The station has been preserved as a restaurant and camping ground. Now, why is the station so far out of town. When the first railway line was constructed from Durban to Johannesburg in 1895, the people of Wakkerstroom sent a petition saying that they don't want the line to come through Wakkerstroom. Reasons given was that "it would dirty their daughters, cause the chickens to stop laying and the cattle to have deformed off-springs". Later they regretted the decision and re-approached the railways, the somewhat laconic reply was that as the tunnels had already been built it would actually be cheaper to relocate Wakkerstroom than change the line. When the branch line running from Volksrust through Amersfoort to Bethal was conceived, again the burghers signed a petition that they don't want a station in town. (They never learn, do they?) The railway, most likely, with minimum hesitation, decided to reroute the line so that it would not have to cross the wetland twice. Taking it around the wetland, not having to put up two bridges and long embankments, was much cheaper. I always wondered about this, now I know! Have a great day and a great week everyone! ❤️🧡💛💛🧡❤️