Almat. . .
Well, just coming up towards first solo at present. . . when the weather finally lets me do it! Every time I've been in the last few weeks it's either been low cloud and no flying, or strong crosswinds and no solo-ing!
Good choice not to go with Atlantic for PPL - they're very much a commercial training organisation (and a very good one at that), but it's run as a pure training organisation and not a flying club. Having said that, if you then want to go on to do CPL/IR/ATPL then Atlantic are an excellent organisation for this type of training.
Surprised that Glynn at Almat didn't call you back - it's not normal for that to happen.
Main thing is to enjoy the flying, but at this time of year it's getting a bit limited!!
Cheers,
David