jhorton,
I'm currently at the circuit-bashing stage of a PPL out of Leicester Airport (EGBG) - just SE of Leicester. Figured I wouldn't have to spend (literally!) half my lesson waiting for commercial traffic to do its thang if I was at a small club airport. It's also the oldest in the country apparently...
A whopping 6h 40 m in the logbook so far...looooong way to go. Just finished uni and planning to apply for sponsorship after I've got the PPL.
V1R