Myself and the Dead Beatle were happy after 25 hrs. The only real issue was not hours but length of time. Eight weeks!! For three weeks I flew one hour a week. There's only so much of
"that was generally good but we'll put some of that down to the fact we haven't flown for eleven days!" that you can take. The British climate it's a Pox on us all!
Where you're going they use the examiners employed by the CAA and you are generally required to go through them first. But if your midweek slot gets rained off and you're to be back at work the following monday, another geezer will come and test you during the weekend.
TTFN