Richy,
I have a share at Sherburn, been a member for a few years. It's like anything in clubs you get cliques of people who tend to isolate themselves from people and think of themselves as being above the rest, my attitude to those is to let them crack on with it! But there are some brilliant people at Sherburn who help you out and give advice on all aspects of flying, which I sometimes need, as I've never been too scared to ask for help. If you want to go down with somebody let me know and you can come with me, maybe get some airtime once SOBI has her alternator fixed!!
Take care, Jim