by Julia | Jul 16, 2023 | Greetings from the Chair, Featured
My dear CADS, How are you all? Hopefully you are comfortable in the heat. I am someone that really loves the sunshine and heat, so to be honest I am enjoying this warm weather, but I am also quite conflicted. I have just heard on the news that June is already the...
by Julia | Jun 4, 2023 | Greetings from the Chair, Featured
My dear CADS, I hope you have enjoyed the various public holidays we have had here in the Netherlands recently. The temperatures so far this year have certainly made it difficult to tell that it’s Summer, but the days are getting longer now, and when the sun...
by Julia | May 5, 2023 | Greetings from the Chair, Featured
My dear CADS, Happy Koningsdag! I am writing this the day after Koningsdag 2023, and I must admit I have a bit of a sore head! Despite my advanced years, I have never grown out of being at a party, (I’m a typical Leo), and helping the Dutch celebrate the King’s...
by Julia | Apr 14, 2023 | CADS Blog, Featured
CADS Trip to The Somme, France – 31st March to 2nd APRIL 2023 Members of CADS, BRITSOC, and friends, 22 in total, led by John Cameron-Webb, our expert guide and leader, joined the trip to The Somme. We all know John as a long-time CADS member, former British Consul...
by Julia | Apr 14, 2023 | Featured, Greetings from the Chair
My dear CADS, I hope you are all well despite this rather chilly Spring. I keep a diary and saw that this time last year I was already enjoying the occasional glass of wine on my roof terrace – can’t see that happening any time soon with the current weather forecast!...
by Julia | Feb 25, 2023 | Greetings from the Chair, Featured
My dear CADS, I hope you are all well and enjoying the first glimpses of Spring we have had recently. I’ve been busy in my garden preparing it to host me with my first glass of rosé when the evenings begin to warm up. I know that we can often have (and in fact it’s...
by Julia | Feb 3, 2023 | Greetings from the Chair, Featured
My dear CADS, I hope you are all well. Although at this time of year we wake in the dark and have very short days, I do love it in January when the sunset is just that little bit later each evening and the prospect of Spring is ever closer. I have a bumper issue of...
by Julia | Jan 27, 2023 | CADS Blog, Featured
CADS honorary member John Cameron-Webb MBE will be running a World War One tour to the Somme battlefields over the weekend of 1st and 2nd April 2023. The tour will look at the series of British offensives commonly referred to as The Battle of the Somme, or “The Big...
by Julia | Dec 20, 2022 | Greetings from the Chair, Featured
My dear CADS, I hope you are enjoying this festive season. Just a very short missive from myself this month, I’ve been busy enjoying too many Christmas parties – so different from last year! CADS held its annual Jokathon on Friday at the K.I.G.C.. For those who...
by Julia | Nov 3, 2022 | Greetings from the Chair
My dear CADS, I hope you are all well and coping with the sudden onset of Autumn – we had been so spoilt with warm weather for such a long time!. Well! Aren’t we in interesting times in UK politics? Since I last wrote this newsletter, we have had a carousel of...
