Soller’s gone sporty Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 29th September 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox As autumn arrives the Soller Valley has turned to sport. Groups of walkers are taking the place of the sunbathers and stout boots and backpacks have replaced bikinis. I really would like to know what they carry in…
Here comes summer in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 14th June 2016 The summer is here although not officially till the 20thJune which is designated as the start date. The business of life led in summer mode is already in full swing and will last until the…
All change for Christmas in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 23rd December 2014 Photographs by Rachel Fox As all the people left the Valley last Friday heading off on planes to the UK and further afield we were considering hanging a sign above the Soller Tunnel. ‘Will the last person out…
Moving to SOLLER in Mallorca Every year a new intake of people arrive in the Soller Valley. They are people who have just achieved that retirement nest egg and dream, to the individual who came here on holiday and doesn’t want to go home. The many others between those extremes represent families and career moves…
Autumn traditions in Soller Two thousand and fourteen children started the new school year in Soller at the end of last week. This is the reported school population of the Hidden Valley and the breakdown is very interesting. Five hundred and seventy attend the Institute which is the only public secondary school in Soller. Traditionally…
By Shirley Roberts A long time ago I went to Buckingham Palace and inadvertently met the Queen. I was 19 and working as a ‘CESR’. Computers as we know them were in their infancy and office machines trying to do better than ‘tippex,’ ran ‘paper tape’ applications for standard letters. As a ‘Customer Education Support…
Saint Bartholomew – the Patron Saint of Soller The Fiesta of Saint Bartholomew – every year from 22ndto 25th August – or thereabouts… In 2014 the Fiesta is from Thursday 21st August to Sunday 24th August 2014 Saint Bartholomew is one of the twelve apostles and credited with the conversion of people in Armenia. After…
Shirley Roberts All business minds in Mallorca are in a whirl this week. Our delegates to the World Travel Market in London are talking the talk of the delights of Mallorca. They are consolidating the ‘Brand’ they have been working on for months and in some cases, years. Sixty years ago when tourism grew, the…
Sollerweb – What is it? A radio interview took us to a new place this week as Sollerweb has become a bit of a news item all of its own. An American radio station called us to ask about the growth of our local website. They had been charting our progress and reading the blogs…
Written by Shirley Roberts, all photographs taken by Shirley Roberts To get to the beaches of Caribbean level in Majorca, I have to drive, for half and hour, to pick up the motorway. Muro and parts of Alcudia are stunning beach favourites but sometimes they are just too far. With a nippy hire car this…
