by Julia | Nov 23, 2024 | Featured, Greetings from the Chair
My dear CADS, Thank you so much, for supporting our Gala Dinner so enthusiastically. We had 60 people present and every one of those 60 people was up for a good time! We were honoured to welcome Michael Carn, OBE, one of our ex-Chairs, and Dick van den Broek, the...
by Julia | Oct 29, 2024 | Greetings from the Chair, Featured
My dear CADS, I hope you are well! On Wednesday 16th October we held the CADS AGM. We only had 8 members at the meeting (and 2 guests), so although we were quorate, and had a very nice evening, there were not enough members present to get a good discussion going. The...
by Julia | Oct 6, 2024 | Greetings from the Chair, Featured
My dear CADS, Next time I’m at a CADS lunch and I tell you that I’m boarding a plane to Tuscany in a few hours, please stop me having a G&T, white wine, red wine… (you get the picture!) – I was lucky they let me onto the plane! But the CADS lunch was...
by Julia | Sep 1, 2024 | Greetings from the Chair, Featured
My dear CADS, I hope you are all well and enjoying summer now that it has finally arrived. This month sees yours truly being very busy conducting many summer weddings as part of my role as Celebrant. I find this to be fantastic positive ‘work’ and am delighted I made...
by Julia | Aug 10, 2024 | Greetings from the Chair, Featured
My dear CADS, I am writing this on a Sunday morning; I have the lights on in the house; my dog is soaking wet from his morning walk in the rain, yet I am nursing sun burn from working in the garden yesterday. Was that summer? Blink and you’ve missed it! I cannot write...
by Julia | Jul 13, 2024 | Greetings from the Chair, Featured
My dear CADS, Greetings from Javea! I’m sorry I missed the dinner on Wednesday 19th, but the appeal of some decent sunshine, my friends’ villa and companionship, and of course the delicious Rioja, was all just too much! Typical with me, the weather has been great in...