Photographs of Soller and Fornalutx The Eyes of Time (Ulls dels Temps) Mallorca 1956 – 1970 photographs by Tom and Cordelia Weedon is an exhibition that captures a way of life that was on the cusp of change before tourism took off. Tom’s photographs are some of the last photographs he took before he died…
HERE COMES WINTER – In Soller – on Wednesday 26th March The temperature is on its way down by 12 degrees from yesterday. SNOW will fall above 900 metres and a little lower down it will RAIN. Heavy bursts of rainfall are expected with hail stones mixed in. Due to start around midday today and…
Melons, Churches and controversy in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily bulletin Tuesday 14th July 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The L’Horta area of Soller occupies a different place in the heart of the hinterland between City and Port. It is the place that the tram stops without ringing the bell and the place…
SOLLER – The Island within an Island in Mallorca had its own gas and electricity supply one hundred years ago.. Always ahead of its time and independent to the core – To be a Solleric was a respected status then and now… The company El Gas S.A. brought gaslights to Sóller in 1893. In 1908,…
Charity begins at home in Soller Photographs by RACHEL FOX The Soller Valley had a late start to Christmas. The new Christmas tree with its poinsettia sculptures and silver lights was still being erected last Thursday in time for the ‘switch on’ ceremony on Friday. We have had a make do and mend Christmas…
Sunsets and cocktails in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 19th May 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The North West of Majorca is the place that we call home. Soller, nestled into the golden bowl of the Soller Valley is surrounded on three sides by the Tramuntana mountain range and its…
By Shirley Roberts Pics by Gary Lloyd Rees A family meander to the heart of our Soller Valley world this week. Under the rules of our restricted lives I can go for a walk with my family because I live alone. So no breaking of the rules or the moral judgements of those that raise…
All Change… On Sunday 25th October 2015 Today the change to the Village Life of the City of Soller really begins. The clocks have gone back meaning lighter mornings and darker afternoons and this heralds the Soller Valley in winter mode. Important Fiestas take place this week and are all part of the Church calendar….
It’s all about the Prawn in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 24th February 2014 Photographs by Rachel Fox Soller Prawns are up there with the best in gastronomic terms. They are pinker than the average prawn and almost red in colour and its all thanks to the sea bed around the Port…
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…
