Ge,
Just to throw my opinions into the ring...
I thought long and hard about where to learn to fly. I had many conflicting thought processes but pro's and con's that I saw were something like this:
US. For:
Cheap, can rely on weather so few delays, easy to get residential courses
US Against:
Limited number of JAA schools, weather etc not like UK, some airspace differences, some flying clubs look down their noses at you back in the UK if you turn up with a new PPL from a US school. Some of these clubs seem to have the opinion that the US training is not as rigerous.
UK For:
Same airspace rules as I would subsequently fly, have to deal with weather, JAA licence with no conversion problems
UK Against:
Few residential courses, high cost, many weather delays, and if done piecemeal I would have to deal with pressures of work and weather constraints. In addition some have grass strips which waterlog and become unusable in poor weather.
What finally dawned on me is the Channel Islands and I finally opted for learning at Jersey Aero Club for the following reasons:
UK airspace, but also Class A, so very tight on radio procedures, clearances etc. Good to learn this from the start.
Experience of being in the circuit with regional airliners, but traffic not too frequent or heavy to cause delays.
Single hard runway, so not only unaffected by wet weather, but you learn to deal with crosswinds pretty quickly.
No VAT or duty on Avgas 100LL in the Channel Islands - on airfield price of fuel around 50 pence per litre ! - so the course is cheap (or at least it was at the time, you'll have to check now).
Residential course with all inclusive price.
Cross country flights take you into French airspace, so you also get experience that may come in useful for continental touring.
The weather is better than most of mainland UK. This is not just because it is further south, but also being offshore it tends not to have a cloud cap when you can see one over mainland France 12 miles away. I learned to fly at September to October time of year and I only had 2 days in 4 weeks that flying was cancelled due to wx.
The only thing that I can not comment on is the ground school as I did a lot of self study and did not make use of their ground school instruction. To be fair, I am sure that they would have done some ground school for me, but as I did not ask for any I think it suited them to let me get on with it myself. This was one of the advantages of a residential course, you can spend 4 weeks thinking about nothing but learning to fly, so coursework becomes your only priority other than flying.
I hope that this gives you another idea and so good luck and I hope you get something sorted.