Here's a thought for you:
Go onto AFORS, buy a very cheap LAA aeroplane, there's an MW7 there for £2.9k at the moment.
Add on LAA membership and insurance - around £300
Keep it on a strip for probably £60/month for a year, that's another £720
Probably one annual permit renewal - around another £300
Do your own maintenance, expect to spend around £25/hr on fuel and oil.
Doing 100hrs in a year, you'll have spent £67/hr and own an aeroplane!
Sell the aeroplane for £2.5k to another hour-builder, and you're back to about £45/hr all-in. And have learned all about aircraft ownership as well.
G