All of the above are useful comments as always guys. I feel the difference between passing in minimum hours to more has many variations, for me, i don't learn massively easy unless I apply myself.
I did this with many things going on including a very young family(no not a midlife crisis lol) but this has been a passion for a long time, I love a challenge and don't do failure.
funnily enough most of my landings apart from solo day(straight down the socket) was in a light to moderate crosswind - this was perfect because it allowed me to learn on trickier than normal landings so most flyable weather shouldn't catch me out.
the biggest thing for me is meticulous planning and awareness, without this your bound to come a cropper at some point.
Finally, whilst having passed i am seriously aware that I actually know very little and anything out of the norm would be quite scary... its now important to embrace all my time up there and the feeling of solo in your own plane is sensational!
regards
Tris