thanks for the info guys, i think ive had more info on here than ive ever had asking questions on here than other websites :-)
Evo,
I looked on that website and found this of intreast:
http://www.sportys.com/courses/dprivate.cfm#d
Is that sufficient for just learning ground studies? if it throws in a few flying studies too then thats no problem, just means i got a head start and as someone mentioned, id be able to relax and enjoy the flying more
FFF, thanks for the info on books too, i will take note of the titles and give a good look into them too.