Originally Posted by
rich34glider
Perfectly reasonable to get to solo standard in that time frame - probably much sooner if you commit your weekends for a while. The key to making good progress is to try and string a few weekends in decent weather together so that you don't regress too much between sessions.
Disclaimer: gliding often can & often does involve drinking .. only in the clubhouse afterwards though!
Thanks for the advice - will try and string a few weekends together to begin with! Good to know that going solo in that time isn't unrealistic too. Thank you!
Thanks very much for your responses everyone. Sounds like Dunstable is not a bad spot to learn for a number of reasons. I'll start there and see how I go.
No kids of my own just yet, but that also means that finances aren't too much of an issue either, so every cloud!