When people relocate to Soller and it’s Hidden Valley they can be heard asking questions about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ areas to live. They know they want to be here but they can’t work out which is the posh end of town. Coming from North London’s, Kentish Town, I can take you down the streets that…
This family have come from Harare to take their place in the Anglican Church in Palma 2022-03-17 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts Every new person arriving in Mallorca has the potential to make a difference. This can be for themselves, their families, their adopted new community or even the political stage locally and nationally….
The energy for the summer in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 4th July 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox At the end of this incredibly busy week in our world we are just taking a five-minute rest. The Fiesta of San Pere has been keeping us going…
Toilets, Trams and Tsunami in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 31st May 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The provision of toilet facilities is in our neck of the words is a recurring theme. This week some public toilets have been opened in the Port of Soller. These are tucked into…
They have seen the world and are now very content in the world of the Soller Valley, in Mallorca. 5th August 2021 in Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts I would like to introduce you to Margaret and Chris Robinson of Puerto Soller. These days they are content in the paradise they have created for themselves in the…
Diamonds were the friends of the press that gathered in the Belmond La Residencia this week. We marvelled at the beautiful, subtle diamond jewellery presented to us by Vanessa Tugendhaft. An A list of celebrities led by Madonna have been seen wearing her pink string band with the diamond in the middle. This is diamonds…
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…
An interesting perspective taken from Majorca Magazinby Gabriele Kunz Photograph from Ultima Hora Smugglers have the flair of romanticism. The best example of this is the opera “Carmen”. Smugglers stripes – supposedly – through the mountains, crossing borders, disregard the current rules, all have freedom in the world. How much of the smuggling – at…
By Soller Shirley At the weekend the clocks went back, and a new season began in the Soller Valley. This is the one that takes some getting used to as it ushers in the new chapter of the year. Many local people have completed their summer contracts and November begins the month of holidays. Some…
It started with a kiss … A family holiday in Fornalutx at age 15 prepared Sue Lloyd Roberts for freedom and adventure. She didn’t register very much of the beauty that surrounded her as she was too busy having fun. The restrictive, proper boarding school of Cheltenham was her lot in life just then and…
