That's a difficult one
At the moment I can't get a class 2 medical because my glasses prescription does not meet the initial requirements so if I wanted to get a licence it would have to be NPPL.
I live in the south east, so day trips to France are within range and it would be nice to do them, but for me, the big restriction would be the IMC or Night ratings. As the NPPL is VFR only you would need a very good forecast to do much more than a day trip be it in the UK or accross to mainland Europe. so to answer A or B as per BEagles question I would have to ask two questions.
1) would I get through the LAPL medical
2) could I get an Instrument or Night rating that would allow me to fly in a bigger range of conditions.
If the answer to 2, above is no then definately NPPL
Please bear in mind that this is the view of someone who has done some gliding and is considering training for a pilots licence when i can afford it and when EASA work out what sort of licence will be available to me in the future...