Steve1977
The aim of the hour building should not be just to pack hours into the log book but to also increase your knowlage in an appropriate environment, there is no doubt that flying in the USA is easy and fun but it is not the best preparation for an EASA ATPL skills test.
As you have said the weather in the UK is unlikely to meet your time requirements so I would take a look at places in the south of Spain, the weather is at least as reliable as Florada at that time of year and you will have no Homeland security or licence problems. At that time hotels are cheap in Spain as are the flights with the LoCo airlines.
Last edited by A and C; 2nd Oct 2013 at 07:49.