Its a bit like riding a bike. You may not fly for 6 months, be rusty as hell, but after a couple of hours with an instructor you get the courage back to go out on your own, then after a few more hours you're back on form....so it is possible to have long breaks, just be prepared to fork out a bit more for an instructor every now and then.
I tend to fly in concentrated bursts, every 4-6 months I head to the US and fly maybe 20 - 40 hours in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, I may or may not do a few hours at home, but it all depends on the weather. The last two times I have tried to go up, the weather has been *****, so I've had to cancel....of course its nice today, but alas other plans. I think it'd help if I lived nearer to an airfield, and maybe had access to my own aircraft which I could fly away over night without getting stung with minimum hour charges.....
Cheers
EA
