I initially got an NPPL SEP, then checked out on the C42 and bought a share in one. Since upgraded for JAR PPL, just to refresh my skills.
My two penneth on the wind issue - 15kt is the C42 crosswind limit, although it can cope with a little more.
Fab aircraft, climbs better than a C150/PA38 or similar, will sit at 85kt burnning 14L an hour. Easy to fly, nice handling plane. There are quite a few former Piper/Cessna pilots at my club who have worked out that it is a better perfoming plane at less than half the cost.