Sywell Cambridge Leicester Sywell is never 150 miles is it?
Edit: Just checked on Skydemon, it's 107 miles. Bit odd.
The person referred to may of course have been undertaking a course of training for an NPPL - SSEA, rather than a JAA-PPL(A), in which case the described route of 107nm is perfectly acceptable.
NATIONAL PRIVATE PILOT LICENCE
Simple Single-engine Aeroplane (SSEA) Course
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Flight Training
Of the minimum 10 hours solo, a student must complete at least four hours of solo cross country flight, including one cross country of at least 185km (100 nm) in the course of which full stop landings at two aerodromes other than the aerodrome of departure shall be made.