FF,
Thanks - top tip on the slots! I'm a firm believer in the 5P's also...
I confess that I was looking at the local club for convenience (20 mins from home, even less from work), but that should be a minor item on the list.
In fact the "long distance" club was a spur of the moment thing - finished the weekend job very early, and while tooling up the A1, thought "nice day, I'll just call in for a look around". That became lunch, purchases from the shop, and a trial flight!
General impression seems to be that Club B are either (a) in such good condition that they can turn customers away, or (b) incompetent