The hills are alive in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 5th May 2015 Photographs by RACHEL FOX There is a whole world that lives in our mountains and I am not just talking about the sheep and goats. On first sight it is not easy to see the paths and…
The Soller Firo takes over the Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 12th May 2015 Photographs by RACHEL FOX This past weekend in Majorca there have been many events all over the island. Europe day, international football competitions and many more events besides. The Grand Opening of Son Amar for the summer season…
A thought from Shirley Roberts www.sollerweb.com 2020 dawned and most of us had not a clue what was to befall us in the decade to come. Brexit happened 31st January 2020 Covid Pandemic started March 2020 Cost of living Crisis developed late 2021 Ukraine war 24th February 2022 Hamas, Israel war 7th October 2023 Statistics…
Work, Eat , Live By Shirley Roberts The talking points of August have been wide and various. Old friends returning are pinching themselves at the changes of the past two years. Covid and Brexit caused change, of that there is no doubt. The politics of change are one thing, but the practicalities are quite another….
ALAN SILLITOE of Soller… Saturday Night and Sunday Morning – published in 1958 Alan Sillitoe was born in 1928 in the manufacturing City of Nottingham.The workers of that industrial place were to be the inspiration for many of his works. Alan Sillitoe came to live in Mallorca on the back of a Military Pension like…
Soller in August is where everyone wants to be Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 5th August 2014 The language of the City of Soller at present is a race between Majorcan and French. The English and German languages hardly get a look in. It is amazing how for five weeks in July…
Soller and the ‘Saint of Impossible Causes’… Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 8th November 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox and Debra Reynolds To learn about this place in the universe is such a pleasure. No matter how long I have lived here and how many stories I unravel it all leads on…
All eyes on the Port of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 24th March 2015 Photographs by RACHEL FOX The perfect horse shoe bay of the Port of Soller is very special to Sollerics. It is ‘our beach’ and as such it is well used. The work of the past few years has…
THE ANGLICAN MINISTRY IN MALLORCA A chat with an Arch Deacon was my lot this week. He flew in from Germany to chat to the parishioners of the Anglican Church in Palma. The Anglican Church on the island has buildings in Palma, Port of Pollensa and uses a local building in Cala D’or. The churches…
The peaceful olive trees of SollerPublished in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 14th October 2014Photograph by RACHEL FOXSoller is known for its oranges and citrus fruit production but a revolution has been going on behind the scenes. The olives of Soller are staging a fight back and want to be the pre eminent export of the…
