The party is over in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 25th August 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The City of Soller today marks the day when the all night parties stop for awhile. The San Bartholomew celebrations follow a tradition that has been enhanced now that electronic sounds, local music and…
Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin – Tuesday 20th May 2014 What a week – the glory of the Firo was threatened by the great and the good having a bit of a fall out. The problem is to do with the speed of action of the Town council. Speed is not usually a word…
A little nod to Social History by Shirley Roberts Pic of Hampstead houses 2022 Urban planning has immediate and long term effects and changes the course of history for many locations. If I take you back to the North London which existed before I arrived in the world you would find mansions and servants. The…
Monday 13th September 2021 and its cloudy Another week dawns in the good old Soller Valley. Home to farmers, playwrights, carpenters, fishermen, authors, singers, musicians, doctors, shop assistants, builders, plumbers, teachers, hairdressers, tourism and hospitality employees and a huge number of those who are over pension age. In other words, a full spectrum of society. …
Shirley Roberts Pics by Gary Lloyd Rees, Stephen Bullock and Shirley Roberts The stories of the arrivals to our world are fascinating to me. I am constantly amused, delighted and sometimes irritated by some of the stories I hear. The Golden Visa and the other ways of living here after Brexit are new cogs in…
A Humans of Mallorca story By Shirley Roberts The Anglican church in Mallorca is busy working behind the scenes to keep its presence warm and effective in the Lockdown. Not easy when both the Anglican Vicars recently left their posts on the island for ecclesiastical pastures new in the Diocese of Europe. The congregations in…
Music and all the rest in Soller this week Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 21st October 2014 Photograph by RACHEL FOX On the calendar for Soller last Saturday evening there were five concerts. We were spoilt for choice and the decisions about which one to attend were not taken lightly. There were…
CANYONING – today I have received inquiries about this sport and I have passed them on to our friends at Tramuntana Tours The following is reproduced from their website – Please contact them direct if you would like this thrill in your life!www.tramuntanatours.com Canyoning is a relatively new sport that involves walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling and/or swimming through a…
All eyes on the Port of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 24th March 2015 Photographs by RACHEL FOX The perfect horse shoe bay of the Port of Soller is very special to Sollerics. It is ‘our beach’ and as such it is well used. The work of the past few years has…
The Monastery of the Capelleta Santa MariaD’Olivar 28th June 2014 This is the week of discovery of this place accessed from the main road between Soller and Lluch. The sign to the right on the road says ‘Santa Maria D’Olivar’ and a cobbled road leads to a most unlikely car park. An ecclesiastical building with…
