Written by Debra Reynolds Our Religious Affairs Correspondent Sunday 27th March – Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Events in Soller at Parròquia de Sant Bartomeu in the square begin at 9.30 a.m. with the procession I described in my previous article on the brotherhoods and the processions. This is a very joyful…
Soller Web – ‘Made in Soller’ Photographs by Rachel Fox The Soller Web story began over ten years ago with the relocation of a group of families to the Soller Valley . They arrived with their ideas, businesses and children to make a new life in the Tramuntana. A web designer here, a writer there,…
HOLY WEEK – AS IT UNFOLDS Written by Debra Reynolds Our Religious Affairs Correspondent The Brotherhoods (or “Confraries”) of Soller and their Processions Whether you attend the Holy Week Masses at the Church of Sant Bartomeo in Soller or not, if you are visiting Soller at this time you will no doubt witness the processions…
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…
We wake up each day to a new reality with no events or gatherings to look forward to. The children went to school on Friday and then came home with the contents of their desks and many extra books. I would have hated to weigh their school bags. The instructions for my 10-year-old granddaughter was…
The alternative Soller is waiting for you Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 27th January 2015 Photographs by RACHEL FOX This week I’d like to take you to a different Soller. Indulge me as you leave the Soller Tunnel and head for the Port to take a left turn directing you towards Deya. …
From Putney Bridge to Soller – a story Published in the Majorca Daily bulletinSunday 16th November 2014Photograph by Rachel Fox Every year the stories are plentiful of the people who arrive in the Soller Valley with all their dreams in tact. They have arrived to live and work here and they alternate between excitement and…
30th July 2021 Written by Shirley Roberts Mimi Dean is a Solleric and has played football in Soller since she was five. The Football Club of Soller has always allowed girls to play in the same teams as the boys. As they get older the rules change and girls usually head off to a women’s…
The Legend of Saint George Shirley Roberts The legend explains that long ago, in Montblanc (Tarragona) a ferocious dragon, capable of poisoning the air and killing with his breath, had frightened the inhabitants of the city. The inhabitants, scared and tired of the dragon´s ravages and misdeeds, decided to calm him by feeding him one…
Mary Lynn Gadosh Ohio to Soller – one way… Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Lynn Gadosh Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 4th December 2016 Lynn Gadosh is a name that many people of Majorca are familiar with. She turned up in Soller thirty years ago and stayed. Her early life was…
