I would be wrong to say cost isn't a factor as any money is hard to come by in this current climate.
However, i've always wanted to learn to fly from a very young age. Instinctively my preference would be rotary but as Muffin says any error could be fatal and that worries me.
Maybe I should go for the 'easier' option first and take it from there although being able to land anywhere does have its merits.
One other problem is that having found the R22 particularly twitchy I tried the Schweizer 300 but my nearest one is over 200 miles away so that isn't helping matters.