Hello, Cheese! Good school, there, at Wycombe Air Park, and also you will learn to look out for gliders as well as Boeings! As well as handling radio, which can be intimidating. Good idea to buy an airband, and listen to the chatter so as to get used to it; amusing to hear the various accents heading for LHR! and the crisp tones of London Control.
Another good idea is to visit the tower at Wycombe, they should alway be glad to welcome a new pilot; though one must be respectfully silent when they are handling aircraft....
Very good idea to get exams done while it is lousy weather. Good days will come.
By the way, do you have a medical? may as well be sure that is OK at an early stage.
Happy landings!
Mary