CADS Blog

Time for another rant

Time for another rant

It’s been far too long since I blogged about this UK (Utterly Kakistocratic) government. Too late to do anything more about Brexit, but since it seems there is an election in the offing, I thought the attached papers might offer an interesting insight on who...
CADS – Sir John Memorial Lunch

CADS – Sir John Memorial Lunch

Some of the most unlikely scenes in English cricket history were attributed to supernatural powers in the last 2 months as the spirit of John Richardson inspired Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and other English players to extraordinary feats. Not content with inspiring the...
Open Air Theatre – 29th Aug

Open Air Theatre – 29th Aug

On the evening of Thursday 29th August, overlooking the lake at Raadhuis De Pauw in Wassenaar, Illyria will perform Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. This is an annual tradition, and to make it more special CADS has arranged a dinner table under canvas with a good...
The CADS boat trip

The CADS boat trip

It started in the Rijksmusem cafe, then moved on to the gardens where we admired the Joan Miro scuptures, and thence to the Stromma berth across the road. There we learned that there would be a delay, as the boat was still at Amsterdam Centraal. We chatted in the warm...
The Driftwood Distillery

The Driftwood Distillery

Some of you will already have met new members Hannah Bayliss and Tim Smith. Apart from holding down a full time job as MD of Customer Experience at Fedex, Hannah spends her spare time distilling gin and giving customer experience tours at the Driftwood Distillery,...

Joke of the Month

As a UK citizen resident in the EU, I am qualified to stand as a candidate in the forthcoming European elections in the UK. However for the same reason I am not allowed to vote in the election. What a farce 🙁