Hmm, I see your point.
However, I think that even if I could get my LAPL in 35 hours (I do have a fair amount of gliding experience etc, and am a relatively fast learner), I've still saved myself nearly £2000.
I was going to use the LAPL to get myself in the air, then just do hour building with the LAPL up to 200 ish, then see about upgrading to PPL, IR, FI etc?