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 | Featured, CADS Blog
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...
by Julia | Jun 3, 2022 | Greetings from the Chair
My dear CADS, How are you? I hope that you are all doing well. I must warn you that despite or maybe because of this chilly June reminding me of British summers from my childhood, I am in a wonderful ‘so proud to be British’ mood, and this is very evident in this...
by Julia | Apr 3, 2022 | Greetings from the Chair
My dear CADS, How are you? I hope that you are all doing well. We have certainly been blessed with wonderful weather here in the Netherlands. Days upon days of crisp blue skies, it’s absolutely stunning!! Talking of being blessed, I would like to take this opportunity...
by Julia | Feb 27, 2022 | Greetings from the Chair
My dear CADS, Happy New Year to you all! I wish you much good health and happiness for 2022. How are you? I hope that you are all doing well. I had a super family Christmas in Amsterdam where I definitely ‘over drank’ and ‘over ate’ but I loved every minute of it. Are...
