Welcome to Hive! There are lots of people on here from around London. I would hope there will be some more meetups there soon. Those can be great for learning more about it all. You should seek out those who share your interests and engage with them.
Most of all, have fun!
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thanks for the warm welcome :) where can I follow up if there are any meetups for London?
Such things are often discussed in the Brits discord. We don't have a specific Hive community for this yet, but we may at some point. I will mention any events I know of in my posts anyway.