A story behind the scenes of the Port of Soller Written by Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 11th July 2017 Photograph by Gary Lloyd Rees I have a fascination in unravelling the past and creating it in the context of 2017. To research and read the stories of the history…
An orange or a carton in the Soller Valley? By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 27th June 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox A backstreet Soller bar was my gossip venue this week and a request for an orange juice. Six oranges were cut in front of me, squeezed then strained…
Are we Human in the Soller Valley? By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 20th June 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox In developing the ‘Humans of Mallorca’ brand here I have had some great adventures and spoken to ordinary people with extraordinary stories. One lady who works at the Airport told…
Beauty all around us in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 13th June 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox The new moon has been spectacular these past few nights. The vision of the moon reaching the top of the ridge of the mountains and then climbing higher to…
June glooms and pleasures in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 6th June 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox June’s glooms are being felt by the Town Council of Soller as they are under siege on the subject of rubbish. Their state of the art rubbish machine has…
A day in the life of the Port of Soller beaches By Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 30th May 2017 There are very few beaches on the North West coast of Mallorca. Valdemossa, Banyulbufar and Deia all have their Cala’s that they love. But for a proper…
Music, traffic and thieves in Soller By Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 23rd May 2017 When the crowds come out so do the chancers. This week we have had record numbers in Soller for the Firo and related events. The square was packed last Saturday morning…
The week that was in the Soller Valley Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox Published in the Majorca Daily bulletin on Tuesday 9th May 2017 We are in in the week of countdown to the Soller Firo. Every day there is a happening and the intensity builds to Thursday when life morphs into…
FIRO – the battle is on… Full story on this link http://www.sollerweb.com/MDBSUPPLEMENTS/firospecial.pdf Read the story of the FIRO and the full programme of the eventsfrom now until the end of May 2017 right here – on this link fromthe Majorca Daily Bulletin. http://www.sollerweb.com/MDBSUPPLEMENTS/firospecial.pdf Firo photographic album from Gary Lloyd Rees Photographs in the Firo Supplement from…
Natty & Marcos of Don Pedro in the Port of Soller Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 16th April 2017 I know Natty and Marcos because I met them as they arrived on the Repic Beach of the Port of Soller in 2013. They opened…
