Hi Stephen.
If you are interested in meeting up.
Pop over to
https://greyarro.ws/g/group-northwest
Click join, and when a meet-up is organised with a group notification, you will get notifications.
There is one organised for good friday in Blackpool. But we have frequent ones at Skelmersdale. You are lucky as @group-northwest is the most active on the forum for get togethers.
In fact, there is one in the morning at Chesterfield.