This is a beautiful place to understand some of the names and the social history of the Soller Valley Written By Shirley roberts, Pics by Gary Lloyd Rees Shirley Roberts Soller June 2022 A Nan’s Day Out to the Cemetery was our mission today. This walk starts from Soller station where you turn right up…
The world seems an easier place when you are walking amongst great beauty 2022-01-20 Palma By Shirley Roberts The walks of Mallorca are well catalogued and the decision to create the routes 221 and 222 were inspired. Eventually, using these routes a walk around the whole of Mallorca will be possible. Of course, for such…
Summertime the Soller way… Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 7th July 2015Photographs by Rachel Fox The summer is here and every week the planes are bringing old friends and new discoverers of the Soller Valley . The bucket and spade brigade are here and are made up of all the little ones who really…
The Hidden Valley is not so hidden this week as the eyes of the cycling world, TV and Film crews descend for the Cycle race of the year. Team Sky and the training teams of cyclists are joined by more competitors as they race around the whole island in daily races. Sir Bradley Wiggins is…
What is a Compassionate community? 2022-03-24 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts A trip to Palma on the bus, experimenting for the day when it will be too expensive to drive the car. Soller buses are in good shape at present with a new fleet and an increased timetable. It is no hardship to use…
A story for December in SollerIn December, twenty two years ago a little miracle took place in Soller. The effects are still felt to this day and will go on as long as people have memories. If you cast your mind back to what was happening on the world stage in 1992 you might have…
The Artist and the Gaudi influence information from Wikepedia While in Paris on a modeling assignment, Saint Phalle was introduced to the American painter Hugh Weiss, who became both her friend and mentor. He encouraged her to continue painting in her self-taught style. She subsequently moved to Deià, Majorca, Spain, where her son, Philip Abdi, was born in…
Soller: All about the perfect Horseshoe Bay Puerto Soller is one of the few ports of safety in Mallorca Written by Shirley Roberts with pics by Rachel Fox Puerto Soller. | Rachel Fox – Pics, Written by Shirley Roberts Soller June 2022 The Soller Valley has the sea, mountains and a great town in Soller….
Community life in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 18th July 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox We are half way through 2017 and every month we celebrate a Fiesta or a religious occasion. There will be parades, programmes and the involvement of hundreds and sometimes thousands of…
A Humans of Mallorca story By Shirley Roberts This is the story of an apartment block in L’horta in Soller, half way between Town and Port. This was a typical new build block of the area. Started with money, vision and good intentions. Half way through the process the money ran out and it remained…
