bcfc,
Congratulations! Hope you enjoy the first couple of months of you PPL as much as I've enjoyed mine! £143 sounds familiar - but your flying school should be able to help you.
I couldn't believe how expensive the whole thing was - having to pay for hiring the aircraft, then pay for the test, then pay
again for the license!
You need to make sure you get your logbook stamped by the school before you send it off (I can't remember if it says this on the form or not, but you do). Also, it doesn't say so on the form, but you need to include your qualifying-cross-country certificate, or else they'll just ask you to send it in a couple of weeks. (At least, that's what my instructor told me.) But your instructor or school should be able to give you all the info you need.
Anyway, well done! Now you've got the most difficult part - having to decide where to fly, instead of having an instructor there to tell you!
Have fun,
FFF
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