Thanks for the reponses.
Turkish: that has answered my question. It all makes sense in what you are saying and I take your point about the license issue. Thanks.
Funkie: Its mainly cost that is the driving factor, but not the only one. Having realistically priced up my options I will (should) be able to save at least £1.5k by going to America, compared to my local clubs. Another factor which has its attractions to me is the fact I could do it in about a month. I will be able to get this time off work and the weather in the US should allow me to complete this compared to the UK weather in March/April time. (Looking out of the window now…its currently p!ssing down, and no doubt it will stay like this till June). So getting it done in intensive chunk, rather than bits and pieces over a number of weekends = months seems more appealing to me.
If you feel that I’m missing some points about UK training let me know as nothing is set in stone yet and I would like to know your views on it. Cheers.
TC.