Time to think of others in Soller By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily bulletin on Tuesday 9th January 2017 Photograph by Rachel Fox No sooner had we enjoyed the arrival of the Three Kings and the presents when reality hit us with a bump. On Saturday 6th January 2018 our Town Hall issued…
Tommy is a Human of Mallorca in every sense, except birth 2021-08-12 Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts When Mallorca was young, the land was divided into the Possessions of the Nobles. Allocations were made of the land according to how skilled the generals were in battle. In tourist times the island divided up according to the decisions…
23rd June from sundown …Soller celebrates the Saints Day of Sant Juan or Saint John in the traditional way. St John – or John the Baptist is associated with baptism and water so his Saints Day takes us to the waters edge. The celebrated date is 24th June each year but the celebrations take place…
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. …
My visit was to look for autumn leaves on the trees and I was not disappointed 2021-12-02 Soller By Shirley Roberts All pics by Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts It depends which side of the mountain you live on whether Bunyola is the centre of the universe or Soller Mark 2. The history of the Soller…
North London to North Mallorca Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 17th July 2016 Matthew Dean is a relocater and arrived in the Soller Valley twelve years ago with Jay, his wife and two daughters. He is one of those people who was introduced here by his wife’s family who had a holiday home…
A tragic day in the life of the Soller ValleyThe events of this tragic week in Soller have been in the press, television and radio news on a daily basis. Life has to go on but there is an overwhelming sadness that permeates the place as so many lives have been touched. Listening to many…
The Georgie Insull Singers – an inside story… Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinSunday 2nd November 2014Photographs by RACHEL FOX Georgie arrived in Majorca after travelling the world with her naval husband. Teaching in Australia and other places the Navy took them to gave her vast experience of releasing musical talent in choirs and…
The first UK FOLK FESTIVAL is coming to Mallorcathis weekend… 23rd to 27th April 2016at the BH HOTEL, MAGALUF We are very excited to share with you the daily programme for the FIVE DAY event in Magaluf. The programme is subject to alteration but in outline will look like our poster. Dancing, music, Ceilidhs and…
By Soller Shirley The question people who relocate always consider, is whether they will live in a place full of the language they have left back home. In Soller there are 13,500 residents (approx.). The last count I saw states that there are 2000 foreigners (born in a foreign country) in that number Incomers have…
