Just my thoughts on the debate about where the meetings are located. Before I purchased my Toyota Estima, I would hire a van to take the c5's for Angie and myself to the various meetings at different parts of the country. We travelled hundreds of miles from Crawley to Weston Super Mare,Chelsmford, Ascot, Bournemouth & Norfolk to name but a few - a bit pricey but always worth it. As with most hobbies, I find that c5's can gobble up your time and money when the demands on both are high and a balance has to be made. But I reckon life is what you make it and what you get out of it is directly related to the effort you put in - the memories from attending virtually every c5alive meeting from 2006 onwards (before I even joined the forum !) are priceless, as are the many friendships that have grown from meeting new people along the way.
Personally, I physically cannot fit in many more events for this year - but I'd really love to see lots more events being sorted out by everyone else, using the c5alive forum to meet up and have a laugh. It all helps to keep things going , and if you do arrange a run yourself at least you know you wont have too far to travel