You are very kind. Was something I always wanted to do (actually I wanted to fly professionallly but that's another story!), so while I was still single and had the money I got on and did it
Like many other UK PPL's and now that I have a family/bigger mortgage etc, it is getting increasingly difficult to keep it up.
Have tried to address this by going down a "free flying" route, but that has also been knocked on the head recently, because of the amount of family time it took up (I was quite happy to give up the time for a good cause, but the rest of the family weren;t
)
Like you say, it is an achievement, so I shouldn't moan I suppose.