I kinda see the point of this thread but I agree that the subject was exhausted.

It's just one of those things... it's not restricted to Charley or CAF and co... We all have at some point in our life at a session made to feel we are not welcome if we were being honest.

I'm assuming Charley, you may have been caught in a badly timed moment where people in the session where in a silly mood and you were in a defensive mood and things got out of hand... I know these guys pretty well and I am sure that if you decide to join in with them again that things will be different.

I am only a year younger than you and very basic on a guitar and very unconfident at singing and these guys really make me feel welcome. I have seen them play with friends (who are almost twice my age) of mine that I know they don't know and I haven't introduced them.

I really can't explain why you had a bad experience with them.

But back to your initial point... I empathise with you... it is really irritating to turn up to an advertised event to have something completely different happening... All I can suggest is to get in touch with the organisers and let them know and hopefully they will apologise and be more careful next year.