Ah - well, I'm in the north of England and couldn't easily have zoomed off south at short notice.

I'd be delighted to join, though, as long as a) I can get to meetings and events reasonably easily by public transport (a minor disability prevents me from driving), and b) there isn't an enormous financial outlay (I know about the membership fee, but of course there will be other things). I can make filet lace, which is now a very rare skill in the UK - in fact I'm possibly the only person north of the Wash who knows how to do it - and I would love to have the opportunity to teach others.