RICHARD VINTON plays Port of Soller … Our favourite pianist Richard Vinton is appearing twice weekly in the Port of Soller. El Moll Bistro Bar have managed to secure his talent every Monday and Wednesday for the foreseeable future. Richard is known to many as the pianist that rocked ‘Come Fly with me’ Sinatra show…
Do you know your neighbours in Soller? This week The Times had a full page on the way that the British are out in force buying properties in Europe. Spaintops the list followed very closely by Franceand some longer haul places like Canadaand Australiaare also in the top ten relocation list. This trend is more…
This is considered the ultimate paradise by some The trip to the Lighthouse from the Repic Beach in the Puerto Soller is an old favourite. | written by Shirley Roberts. Soller Pics by Gary Lloyd Rees The trip to the Lighthouse from the Repic Beach in Puerto Soller is an old favourite. This works on…
photographs by RACHEL FOXThe history of Majorca is written by cleverer, more knowledgeable people than me. My contribution is really a question about the basics of our incomer’s lives. Do we really understand what makes this place tick or the significance of some of the events that has made Majorca what it is today?For instance take…
By Shirley Roberts Visitors and residents of Majorca know very well how much fiestas and historical celebrations mean to the community. Every Village, Town and City has its celebrations and local people living in other places return for them every year. The ‘Soller Firo’ gained more and more attention every year until the pandemic stopped…
Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin – Tuesday 8th April 2014 The mountains and the seashore are our playgrounds here in the Hidden Valley but it isn’t quite enough. We need parks, meeting places, children’s playgrounds, running tracks and football pitches. In embryo we have them all but problems are attached to each one and…
A little reality check in the Soller Valley The sun is out, the sky is blue, people are on the beaches and life is good. At least it is if you don’t look too closely at the underlying problems that just won’t go away. Last Friday we had a glorious time in Soller. Sant…
Soller, the Radio and the McDowall family By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 9th August 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The Mike McDowall master plan started in Carlisle with a career in Town Planning on the radar. A diversion into a hobby of presenting Hospital Radio changed all…
Let’s hear it for the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 3rd February 2014 Photographs by RACHEL FOX This week the news out of Soller has been great. I know that good news doesn’t sell but I’m delighted that all eyes were on Soller this week at Fitur – the International…
By Shirley Roberts A frequent Nan’s Day Out for me is to our local park. Known by many names in the Port of Soller but mostly as the ‘Camp de Football’. This is a park with a football pitch in the centre and a running track round the outskirts. Swings for children on one corner…