McGregor, South Africa

McGregor is a charming small village in the mountains of the Western Cape, South Africa. It is roughly 150km west of Cape Town. The village is laid out on a simple grid. It has become somewhat of a magnet for alternative lifestyles. The local Waldorf school has roughly 130 children. It is part of the broader wine route network of the western cape. The village irrigation system is dates back many years. The edge of the streets have a water channel fed from the the town dam. each landowner has a slot allocated during the week where they get from a few minutes to an hour of the channel flowing into their property. The time is a function of the size of the property. In the past year some controversy has arisen due to the reduction of the roster to every second week in an effort to keep a fuller dam.