Very interesting Frank.
Can I ask a couple of follow-up Q's?
Was there any particular reason that you did 150+ hours in America? Was it to get got enough to get your PPL, or just hour-building, or training towards another rating?
I 'thought' average for PPL was around 65 hours (though I may be wrong).
What do you do now? Just fly a few hours each year in the UK for fun, in order to maintain your PPL?
Cheers,
Don