Visited a stunning location today in the hills of the Eastern Cape called Thomas River. I drove up there to enjoy Christmas lunch with family. Here is the long and short of it from their website: Thomas River, named in 1801, takes its name from an English deserter, Thomas Bentley. Part of Van Der Kemps missionary, Bentley was killed by a poison Bushman Arrow while crossing the river, thus duly named Thomas River. The original train station, sited between the stone forts, dates from the late 1870’s with the new…