Thanks piperboy, i will look in to those books for sure,
Ive been looking at costs also, at prestwick v others and think it might well be worth traveling further afield. Based on last years prices, on the flying club web site, with 50 hours flying and all other medical/paperwork/books etc
including only 1 landing fee per lesson(no holding fee's are included in this) its coming in at 12K. There are some company's offering full packages based on 45 hour's, for around 7k, some of which you don't need to pay up front. also 5 hours extra may only cost under a £1000
I understand that better training, can save your life and is invaluable, but 4-5k saving may be worth a look, and also the extra money could be spent on some advanced technique's with another instructor which would be much more fun.