All Change… On Sunday 25th October 2015 Today the change to the Village Life of the City of Soller really begins. The clocks have gone back meaning lighter mornings and darker afternoons and this heralds the Soller Valley in winter mode. Important Fiestas take place this week and are all part of the Church calendar….
Life’s a beach on Sunday Morning…Have a look around if if you are heading to the beach today. Apart from all the milky white new arrivals who are desperate for the sun there will be all the little children covered head to toe in the sun avoidance suits. The English visitors have this market cornered and…
Written by Gillian Garden a member of the congregation – June 2022 The first Anglican congregation in Mallorca was founded in Alcudia in the 1860s by Robert Bateman, the director of a British company draining the marshes there. It did not continue after his death but was restarted in the Terreno area of Palma in…
A Humans of Majorca story By Shirley Roberts Years as the Entertainments Manager of the MS Europa allowed Brigitte to see the world. This was the ship voted ‘the best cruise ship in the world’ for fourteen years. Brigitte loves life and her philosophy of never working a day in your life has been put…
On Saturday the fleet came in to the Port of Soller and we were there to see them. We stood on the mountain, below the lighthouse and watched as two grey minesweepers arrived in our town with the insignia of the British Navy flying softly in the breeze. They made a noise as they arrived…
I want to live in the ‘best’ part of Soller – where is it? By Shirley Roberts http://www.sollerweb.com/propertylandpage.html Every day Sollerweb answers questions and gives information. This week there are many potential purchasers in the City keeping the Estate Agents busy. They are here with the best exchange rate in years giving them more money…
It’s all about the Prawn in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 24th February 2014 Photographs by Rachel Fox Soller Prawns are up there with the best in gastronomic terms. They are pinker than the average prawn and almost red in colour and its all thanks to the sea bed around the Port…
The BANK HOLIDAYS of Soller – unravelled The list has been published for the Bank Holidays for Spain for 2015 which I will print here. This is not the whole picture because in addition to these dates there are the Balearic Bank Holidays – which I will also list. To round it all off there…
The shop has local fruit and vegetables and shares the same from other Agricoles around Mallorca. 2021-09-16 Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Thursday 16th September 2021 Shirley Roberts In rural landscape history tells many stories. Oranges, olives and farming is with us all over the island and they ebb and flow in…
The Georgie Insull Singers – an inside story… Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinSunday 2nd November 2014Photographs by RACHEL FOX Georgie arrived in Majorca after travelling the world with her naval husband. Teaching in Australia and other places the Navy took them to gave her vast experience of releasing musical talent in choirs and…
