Today I bring you the words of Gary Lloyd Rees, a regular swallow from Canada who joins us annually. Kate and Gary are a lovely couple who bring a great camera and add to the Soller Valley photographic collection each year. They have an interesting story to tell and are honorary Sollerics. We are delighted…
By Shirley Roberts Life has changed for everyone in the past two years. We are now welcoming visitors back to the Soller Valley and it is great. Their mentality, like ours has taken on a new focus and different decisions are being made. For a ‘Nan’s Day Out’, getting in the car and heading off…
Feb 15 at 8:04 PM The film set also known as Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 17th February 2015 Photographs by RACHEL FOX What a week we have had in the Soller Valley . It was a jump from one excitement to the other and it was all in the name of illusion. …
By Soller Shirley One question hitting the Sollerweb postbag currently is to do with the Ceremony. The majority of people marrying in Mallorca are having a Wedding Blessing. They do the legal civil ceremony in their home country. Some then choose to come to Mallorca and have a Wedding Blessing. Many prefer to use this…
HOLY WEEK – AS IT UNFOLDS By Debra Reynolds The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord followed by a procession Friday 3rd April – The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord takes place at 7.00 p.m. in the Parròquia de Sant Bartomeu in the square in Soller. This is followed by a procession of…
Luke Rhinehart of DICE MAN fame Lived in Deia when he wrote the book. He, and his family had many adventures living here and this story is Ann’s story from the sea… Ann Cockcroft is a brilliant author in her own right and Luke’s wife. www.sollerweb.com Luke Rhinehart In the summer of 1970, having just…
The snow is so rare here in the Hidden Valley that when it sdoes happen we talk of it for years after the event. February 2012’s snowfall closed the Tunnel and trapped us for a few hours in our own strange winter world. It was beautiful and we will not forget …
Here comes 2017 in Soller Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 3rd January 2017 A tidy weekend of New Year celebrations and then it was back to work for the hundreds who are on a mission here in the Soller Valley. The ten month season…
Soller is a City with small town values Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 11th October 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The debate runs on and on about the status of Soller. For some to define it as a City as King Alphonso did in 1905 is the end of the story. Soller was…
Mare de deu del CarmeTranslated means the’ Mother of God of Carmen’.A saint’s day that is significant because Carmen as the Mother of God is the patron saint of all sea faring people. St Peter might be special to fishermen but Carmen looks after all who use the sea in whatever capacity. On 15th July…
