Been a member of Conwy Camera Club (North Wales) for a couple of years now, and never regretted joining.

I have learnt quite a lot from attending the meetings, they even have an additional meeting for people who want to learn about digital editing using photoshop etc - mainly aimed at newcomers to digital.

Admittedly, the "older" members outnumber the younger ones,

The club is successful and has had to restrict membership as the room the meetings are held in will only take a set number of people, so membership applications had to be closed.

The competitions are always oversubscribed and the judges comments are a great way to learn. They even have an international competition with a club in Australia.