The Tunnels of the Soller Valley Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 28th February 2017 To live on the craggy coast of North West Mallorca is like existing in a secret garden of myths, stories and legends. It is no secret to say that pirates…
Ronald was an adventurer from the Netherlands. I say was, because these days he is to be found in downtown Soller living a busy productive life. Even adventurers have to find their place in the universe in the end. He left his native Netherlands when he was 23 and headed for the world of South…
Can you keep a secret? Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 4th January 2015 This is the story of a five year adventure or maybe it is more than that. The Official Secrets Act rears it head as does all the intrigue of war that took place over 60 years ago. Our heroine Veronica…
By Shirley Roberts and Tracey Ivell My Humans this week are made up of those who live, visit, have second homes, used to live here and everyone who remains connected. The Sollerweb site keeps all these people together as a global family and they engage with us every day. They use the Website, the App,…
By Shirley Roberts with reference to Diario de Mallorca The Joan March hospital is the building in the high distance seen from the Soller Road. It is often called ‘Caubet’ by locals which is the name of the estate where it was built. Caubet was the small village and the hamlet which housed the chapel, the…
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…
March, in all its glory in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 14th March 2017 Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox March is a great month and the bringer of spring in all its glory. The weather can be unpredictable as the amazing weekend weather proved as it…
We are at the beginning of a wonderful time of year in Soller. The ‘January Calms’ are a local weather phenomena. Always in January when you expect to be in the grip of winter the weather just calms right down. The sea is flat, early fog lingers because there is no wind to blow it…
Music for Milk By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 9th August 2016 As the beautiful summer life of the Island of Majorca continues it masks some real life problems. The school holidays that last for over twelve weeks traditionally have a nutritional problem which affect the lives of many hundreds…
Plus doing much for the Victims of the War in Ukraine Meanwhile, on small island Mallorca what are we doing? 2022-03-10 Palma – Written By Shirley Roberts plus all photographs by Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts There is only one subject on our lips this week and we deal with it in our own way. Some…
