Nothing of the summer prepares you for the winter coat of the island 2021-12-09 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts A meander along the back roads was my pleasure this week. The rain had stopped and the weather was winter wonderful perfect. The sun wasn’t warm but it was there. The roads were empty and…
A glimpse of the past in the Port of Soller that is rarely seen. Story courtesy of the Cultural Association of the Port of Soller A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE OCCUPATION OF A PORT IN THE MEDITERRANEANTHE PORT DE SÓLLER, The Naval Base in the Port occupied all the port installations, the Oratory of Santa…
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….
At least they did till the Virus arrived… The poorest people are afraid of earning nothing and finding themselves in the ‘workhouse’. A hundred years ago in the UK if you couldn’t pay your way you ended in up in a segregated, slavery workplace institution. Your children were traded as servants or received apprenticeships they…
Captain Thunder & Vintage Vespas ….on the road again Posted on August 13, 2014 Captain Thunder & Vintage Vespas at Belmond La Residencia On 6th September 2014 La Residencia welcomes the Borino Vespa Mallorca Club. Vintage Vespas will drive from Palma up to the mountains and visit Belmond La Residencia where Club members will be welcomed by…
Albert Ryott’s letter Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 9th November 2014 Kath Horsfall has lived in Majorca for 50 years after relocating to the island with her parents. She stayed after they returned to England because she had found a career, love, marriage and her own family. She has become one…
In the 19th Century the Port of Soller had a large fleet of Sailing Ships transporting goods to the East Coast of Spain and the South Coast of France. The advent of the ‘Steamers’ (steam boats) in the second half of the 19th century brought the sailing vessels to an end. The Soller shipping lanes…
Moving to SOLLER in Mallorca Every year a new intake of people arrive in the Soller Valley. They are people who have just achieved that retirement nest egg and dream, to the individual who came here on holiday and doesn’t want to go home. The many others between those extremes represent families and career moves…
All about Martin, Graham, Conway, Robert and the Georgie Insull Singers… An end of season analysis is always fascinating. For me and the group of people I got to know on arrival here twenty odd years ago, the analysis has a twenty-year tinge to it. Children were born and are now old enough to have…
THE FIESTAS OF THE SOLLER VALLEY Click on the link below for full information… http://www.sollerweb.com/fiestas.htmlThe Fiestas and celebration days of the Soller Valley give a form and tradition to the year. Everyone local knows what to expect of the Fiestas and what they are celebrating or commemorating. The Catholic Church calendar is the key to…
