By Soller Shirley Is it just me or is there something very dark about ‘the elf on the shelf’. The scout elf sits there watching and listening all day, and then reports back to Santa in the North Pole every evening. ‘He knows is you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake’….
Richard Harding came to Majorca this week to celebrate his 80th birthday. Nothing unusual in that, you might think, many people come here for special occasions. What makes Richard stand out is how he was preparing to celebrate his special birthday. The celebration dinner was a given but a 3000 metre swim starting at 6…
The snow is so rare here in the Hidden Valley that when it sdoes happen we talk of it for years after the event. February 2012’s snowfall closed the Tunnel and trapped us for a few hours in our own strange winter world. It was beautiful and we will not forget …
Moving to SOLLER in Mallorca Every year a new intake of people arrive in the Soller Valley. They are people who have just achieved that retirement nest egg and dream, to the individual who came here on holiday and doesn’t want to go home. The many others between those extremes represent families and career moves…
Music for a Summer Evening in Mallorca this event is a flavour of the wonderful musical opportunities of the Hidden Valley of Mallorca … The English soprano, Fiona Stuart-Wilson, and the Austrian mezzo soprano Waltraud Mucher accompanied by pianist Suzanne Bradbury will be presenting the concert “Music for a Summer Evening” on Monday August…
Photograph by Rachel Fox A tantalising glimpse, a snippet of a story and then it all comes tumbling out. That is reality of life in Soller in June as the summer gets into full swing. A story came my way about the developments up at the Santa Maria d’Olivar Church on the road between Soller…
MIRO DAY TRIP To celebrate the work and life of Joan Miro and in acknowledgment that he painted some of his finest works in Mallorca – a new Miro Adventure is launched. New excursion and tour of some of the emblematic museums containing the works of Miro on the Island plus the Soller train and…
COMING SOON TO SOLLERGLACE MOUSTACHEJust what we’ve always wanted – an ICE CREAM VANwhich can be a party venue, a means of transport or a purveyor of ICE CREAM…Watch this space for much more info on this unique enterprise AND ALL THE OTHER NEW INITIATIVES AND IDEAS FOR THE HIDDEN VALLEY IN 2015…
THE HAVANERAS Is known as the ‘Fishermans lament’ as it originates in the exile of fishermen and others from the Catalan regions of Spain to Cuba. It is widely sung in the resorts of the Costa Brava and in Mallorca. The Port of Soller hosts a weekend each year in September devoted to the music…
Mar 15 at 7:50 PM Eurovision touches the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily bulletin Tueasday 16th march 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The Eurovision song contest is an excuse for a party. The television is on in the corner of the bar as friends gather to analyse the performances and costumes. The voting…
