An acquaintance of mine who runs a microlight school once had a student take 110 hours to pass their PPL, of which about 70 were to go solo.
A couple of hours after getting his licence, he bought his own aeroplane and had an EFATO taking-off from a strip. Then put it down, perfectly along the furrows of the ploughed field off the end of the runway without a scratch - an impressive piece of flying by any standard.
There's always hope!
G