Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin – Tuesday 11th March 2014 The weather is the weather and living near the sea we are used to the sudden changes that take our world from calm to mayhem. Nothing could have prepared us for the perfect storm that we were to observe this week and it all…
Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin – Tuesday 4th March 2014 Sometimes I am challenged about the things I write about Soller and the questions send me scurrying back to my sources to check my facts. The lovely Dr George Giri who who has written the Rural Life page for this paper for many years…
How big was an English penny or a halfpenny come to that? I can tell you because someone keeps dropping them on the entrance mat of our house in Soller. It’s not difficult to identify us in our street half way between Soller City and Port. We are the eccentric English who decided to…
The Mayor of Soller is on the election trail and visiting the important groups in our City. It is interesting that the first meeting that was reported on and photographed was of the ‘University of the Third Age’ in Soller. This is the unofficial title of the older age group who meet for many social…
The Hidden Valley is not so hidden this week as the eyes of the cycling world, TV and Film crews descend for the Cycle race of the year. Team Sky and the training teams of cyclists are joined by more competitors as they race around the whole island in daily races. Sir Bradley Wiggins is…
It is often said that we live in our own little bubble and parallel universe in the Soller Valley. This week I am inclined to agree with that view because we are definitely out of sync with the rest of Majorca. Three local hotels were already up and running by the end of January and…
As January comes towards its end life in Soller is surrounded by beauty. The Tramuntana mountain range provide the backdrop to our lives and encircles us making us feel either safe or trapped. This is the month when the days get slightly longer and 6 O clock walks along the shoreline with the dog are…
Spreading the word about all that Soller has to offer is one of my passions in life. There is so much happening here year round that it is easy to keep the enthusiasm going from month to month. On the Soller Shirley page this week I received messages from summer visitors who follow the daily…
The people of Bunyola live on the other side of The Coll de Soller – our mountain. Many of them work in Soller and most are related to someone in Soller. This is a joined community separated by a very large mountain. When the Soller Tunnel was opened in 1997 the powers that be in…
The English speaking Sollerics are defined by where they drink their coffee in the Soller square in the mornings and the price they are prepared to pay for it. I knew that I’d become Majorcan when it mattered to me that I knew places where coffee only cost 1.50€. This is really a talking point…
