Sorry, I live in Milton Keynes in the UK, so it would be a bit of a drive! But thank you for being so kind - I'm planning on doing evening classes come September when they start up for the new school year, which hopefully will help. My biggest problem has always been that I have unusual interests that aren't shared by most people my age. I've been considering things like bookclubs, but I suspect they'd mostly be populated by people much older than me.

I'll definitely check out meetup.com, though, if it covers the UK too. Sounds really good :)