" How long would you reckon it could take me to obtain the license bearing in mind the WEATHER??"
I think a year is (very) reasonably average. Depends enormously or your availablity, the aicraft availabilty, the weather, etc etc..... Since you're in the Fairoaks area, why not pop into LTFC and ask one of the instructors/examiners. They would know much better than me.
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