Congrats Lister - sounds very fun indeed! I personally can not wait to go solo out of the circuit, must be amazing! I've forgotten what it's like away from the airfield!
Mazzy - great advice (or at least it seems to be). Will follow it - and as of tonight I will study the whizz wheel book.
Would you recommend proper ground school for the nav? I think the likes of me would benifit from it, and I'm pretty keen on the idea. Might quicken the process up.
Great thread - learned a hell of a lot from it, thanks.
John.