What is a Compassionate community? 2022-03-24 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts A trip to Palma on the bus, experimenting for the day when it will be too expensive to drive the car. Soller buses are in good shape at present with a new fleet and an increased timetable. It is no hardship to use…
This family have come from Harare to take their place in the Anglican Church in Palma 2022-03-17 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts Every new person arriving in Mallorca has the potential to make a difference. This can be for themselves, their families, their adopted new community or even the political stage locally and nationally….
Plus doing much for the Victims of the War in Ukraine Meanwhile, on small island Mallorca what are we doing? 2022-03-10 Palma – Written By Shirley Roberts plus all photographs by Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts There is only one subject on our lips this week and we deal with it in our own way. Some…
The season is a good one for Calçots this year 2022-03-03 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts Last Sunday dawned bright and beautiful and everyone just wanted to get out. The cars driving into the Soller Valley, as I was going in the opposite direction, were a steady stream. We are a day trip location…
Humans of Mallorca investigate Time – Sundials In Spain What’s the reason for the differences? 2022-02-24 Palma – Words and pictures by Gary Lloyd Rees Gary Lloyd Rees Gary Lloyd Rees is the ‘writer in residence’ for this article. A Human of Mallorca who leaves the snow of Canada for a few months a year…
Humans of Mallorca wake up to a whole new community… The time has come to be bold, get out of that front door and smile 2022-02-10 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts Since the evolution of Ex Pat arrivals in Mallorca the stories have struck a chord between amazing and boring. So many reasons why…
The two years of Covid has been a leveller and the effects are now being felt 2022-02-03 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts Choice is available to those with money and there are plenty of them in Mallorca. For the overall benefit of the island our rich friends are extremely important. They have enough to…
Let’s all turn right and see what’s round the corner this month 2022-01-27 Palma By Shirley Roberts Pics by Gary Lloyd Rees Shirley Roberts Sometimes I hear about people after my own heart. I was listening to Desert Island Discs and the interview with writer and broadcaster Simon Reeve. Simon had a ’Nan’ rather than…
The world seems an easier place when you are walking amongst great beauty 2022-01-20 Palma By Shirley Roberts The walks of Mallorca are well catalogued and the decision to create the routes 221 and 222 were inspired. Eventually, using these routes a walk around the whole of Mallorca will be possible. Of course, for such…
This was a daily look at the changes ‘Population’ decisions will make 2022-01-13 Palma By Shirley Roberts Life is upbeat in many respects as more work contracts are issued and building projects get underway. There is an air of optimism about the year and the worldwide comments about living with the virus seem to support…
