The weather photographer of Canada is in Soller… Gary and Kate Lloyd Rees are Brits who emigrated to Canada (through Gary’s work with Royal Bank of Canada) in 1998. When Gary retired from the Bank in 2010 they built a home in a small village on the shores of Lake Huron, Ontario, some 2 hours…
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY IN MAJORCAEach year in November, the United Kingdom remembers the men and women who gave their lives in the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts.11 November is known as Armistice Day, Remembrance Day or Poppy Day.This year takes on added significance as it is the centenary of the outbreak of the First World…
Bryn Hughes paints the Soller Valley … Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 11th October 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox To sit in front of the Miramar Hotel in the Port of Soller with Bryn and Liz Hughes was such a pleasure this week. We were surrounded by paints, sketch pads and examples of…
It was an absolute pleasure to talk to this interesting couple 2021-10-21 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts These two humans of Mallorca live a lovely life here in the delights of the Royal Savoy apartments in Cala Vinyas. This is the place they step off from their international jet set life in the world…
All you need is love in Soller We love weddings in Soller and the City gets plenty to host and love. Big, formal, beachside, mirador, hotels, churches, gardens are all the locations and forms of a wedding Soller style. Take last Friday evening for instance when San Bartholomew Church was used to host…
What happened to the Class of 2015? By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 19th January 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The Soller Valley receives a new intake of individuals and families each year. Some of them have spent many holidays here before deciding to relocate. Others have arrived because they have…
All eyes on Soller Cemetery You may have noticed signs have appeared in Soller directing people to the Cemetery. The narrow back street driving that is necessary to get to that place takes some manoeuvring if you are not used to the roads of Soller. The signs are there because of the huge influx of…
The green shoots of recovery in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin On Tuesday 18th October 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The landscape has been parched and the grass had turned to straw. The streets were dirty because power washing was banned. The water shortages of late summer turned off the water in municipal…
The Big Yuyu – The Blues for the Soller ValleyThe odd word here and there and then the rumble – you know how it is in a small community. The word was out that there was a great blues band in our midst and gradually we all started making our way to their weekly gig…
By Shirley Roberts The tales of the people who live and visit here are many and varied. Some are obviously here to make money in whatever way works for them. Scams, criminality and opportunism exist in Majorca just like anywhere else in the world. We all like to think we live in a world where…
