My dear CADS, Happy New Year to you all! Wishing you a successful, happy and healthy 2026! We have a bumper newsletter this month with contributions from both John Cameron Webb and Peter Smethurst. Thank you to both! January Meeting…

My dear CADS, I hope you are surviving this festive season and unlike me, are managing to avoid all the ‘lurgy’.  CADS held its annual Jokathon on Friday 19th at the K.I.G.C.. We really did have an amazing time. The…

My dear CADS, I hope this finds you well. I am writing this on a rather soggy Wednesday morning but I’m somewhat rosy inside after the news of Scotland qualifying for next year’s football World Cup. Please forgive the self-indulgence,…

My dear CADS, I hope this finds you well and you are enjoying these early days of Autumn when we are still enjoying the benefits of the clocks moving for Daylight Savings. An alarm? Not needed in this first week!…

My dear CADS, I hope this finds you well and enjoying early Autumn – the change in the weather seemed quite sudden this year! Although I cannot complain about Amsterdam weather – on a recent trip to Manchester for the…

My dear CADS, I hope this finds you well and making the most of the tail end of this fabulous summer. Did anyone else get swept up in SAIL Amsterdam this weekend? I was celebrating my birthday at the same…

My dear CADS, I hope this finds you well and keeping cool—what a scorcher it’s been in Amsterdam! Would you believe it was hotter here last weekend than in Curaçao, where I happened to be at the time? And while…

My dear CADS, I hope this finds you all well. This Spring has certainly been very enjoyable so far, with lots of warm sunshine here in Amsterdam. Looking at the CADS calendar, it’s time to start planning our annual boat…