This was my first MC meeting since signing up at Silverstone, and as Peter said, everyone was very welcoming. There is a huge range of people there, and all were polite and friendly and the vast majority very welcoming. Like any club, three are the 'old hands' that have known each other for years, but the club rule of not sitting with the same people for 2 meals means you get to meet a wider range and stops it getting cliquey.
There's also a wide range of people - obviously there's going to be some seriously wealthy folk at events like these, but also quite a few for whom the car is a real indulgence. The way the club ran this event (everything is paid up front, food, wine, the lot, you just add petrol) is designed to take this in to account and means that there's no awkwardness about ordering wine or buying drinks or the like.
Like any large group (there were about 80 at this weekend), there are always some people you get on with better than others, and some people you warm to more than others, but there were plenty of people there who I'd be happy to spend a weekend with again. As newcomers we never felt ignored or were left standing by ourselves in a corner. There is definately an age demographic in the club, something of which they are aware, and I think a lot of members go out of their way to welcome the new members and the youger element, as they know that is where the future of the club lies. Admittedly I was worried at first that I was the only person there that wasn't a member of Saga, but the number of non-pensioners was probably actually into double figures
For the price of half a tank of fuel it has to be worth signing up, and then going to one event just to see if it is for you or not.
