A question for Instructors and experienced PPL's
I'm 17hrs into my PPL training and my financial situation has taken a "dip". So much so that there is now a growing gap between each lesson which is leading to a lack of continuity. The Irish weather has often delayed my ambition but financial reasons are now my biggest stumbling block. My instructor blames (and I agree) the long gaps between my recent lessons as a barrier to going solo. These are now stretching to 4 weeks. My question is simple...should I stop and wait until my financial situation improves or should I continue and fly the occasional lesson for the fun of it? Personally, I would opt for the latter as I love every minute of it and I'm under no pressure to gain my license. However I'm a bit concerned that my training school would consider me a "second class" student due to my lack of progress. It's all a bit depressing as I hadn't envisaged this situation when I set out on my training last year.
Any tips from "the wise" would be greatly appreciated. PC based Flight Simulator is no replacement for the real thing no matter how good the recent add-ons are (and some are really good)