Hi Adam,
I think you will find that most people have done their PPL ‘part time’ as you put it. I’ve known of a few people who have done the PPL in one block (of three or four weeks), usually in the USA. It works for some people, but not for others.
As you may have gathered from this and other forums, the weather in the UK means that you can’t guarantee to get all your flights in on consecutive weekends. If you have some flexibility to take the odd day off work for things like a Qualifying Cross Country, it might help. Particularly if your work is flexible enough for this to be at short notice.
You may find that having the week to think about what you did last weekend and to prepare for next weekend, will help the learning process. Sometimes with intense learning experiences it’s useful to have some time to let it sink in.
Unless you have some prior experience, say gliding or Air Cadets, you may find that you take longer than the minimum hours required for the licence. Over twenty years ago when I did my PPL I’d written myself off as rubbish because I’d taken 53 hours, then I found the average was 63 hours so didn’t feel so bad….
One piece of advice frequently proffered at this stage is “Don’t Pay Up Front”. The financial state of many organisations is tenuous and some folks have lost quite a bit of the money they had paid in advance for the course. Pay as you go may not earn an introductory discount, but if there are problems later, at least the money side won’t be one of them.
Welcome to the wonderful world of flying.
Richard W.