Hi Backpacker,
That's an interesting perspective.
My reasoning was this: I signed up for an intensive course (4 1/2 weeks, including some holidays around New Year) in January. As I have all the books already (Pratt), I started studying and am now considering if it is wiser to
a) get some exams out of the way early (i.e.: one trip to UK for Air Law, Human Factors and maybe some other topic) as long as the knowledge is still "fresh" in my forgetful mind.
b) study all exams and keep myself up-to-date with multi-choice exercises (PPL Confuser, online question boards etc) for three months...
Not quite convinced yet of either path.
The added advantage of a trip to the UK (mind you, 24 EUR return Niederrhein - Stansted on RyanAir! ;-) ) is that I could have an EASA UK Medical before making the overseas trip. Just in case.
Cheers
Patrick