Hi there, I took my PPL/NR in the states and did hour building as well, came back here with 151 hours. The weather is nicer over there but I did get my fair share of severe cross winds and at times we had a few storms, onc made me hole up at Airglades Airport (Clewiston) for several hours. They do have bad weather in Florida, but not as often as us.
When I got home it took me two hours to get up to speed with UK airspace , flying out of Blackpool (which was a quieter airport than the one I had been using in Florida). I had no real problems with making the switch between the US and here.
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