Wow, blown away with the responses. Thank you to everyone who’s taken the time to give such detailed replies. What a great place!
I’ve read each response thoroughly and each one has been so helpful, thank you.
BackPacker in particular summed up perfectly how I feel. I need to learn how to learn again!
I am definitely going to take a little bit of what everyone has said and apply it to my learning. I can block out a few hours a day, I can do a little bit of “shadowing”, and also do some practical tasks myself (decoding METAR’s etc).
I will have a look at AOPA and QuizAero too. When I wrote the post originally that is what I was looking for but I’m now keen to continue with the traditional methods too.
My ultimate goal is to confidently learn as much as I can and be a sensible, well-rounded pilot, so I don’t want to dismiss any possible way of learning, as I’m sure each method can benefit me in different ways.
Thank you again to everyone and I shall keep you updated on my progress.