If you live in GB and like camping you might like to Join the camping and caravan club with its folk section. They have regular meets and usually a scratch band to play for dancing. Even if you did not know the tune well enough to play you could find a chord or two with either hand.

learning studies suggests a 24 hour rule - though no one is sure why. If you want to learn something do it once - then again within 24 hours. That works better than trying to do twice as much all in one session. ( for me I have to do several small practise sessions)
FloraG