I reckon its the right decision as well. I went via that route and I'm certain that the greater variety of aircraft I've flown along the way has made me a better pilot. I also feel that during microlight training there is more of a bias towards teaching a pilot self reliance. For instance being prepared to make a precautionary landing and then being taught really solid soft field techniques etc in order to fly it out again, whereas in what used to be known as group A machines I felt the attitude was more one of, if you have to put it into a field consider the aeroplane as belonging to the insurance company and don't worry about needing to fly it out. (I know this sounds like I've confused precautionary landings with full on engine failures, but I have taken this into account)
I'm now a taildragger strip flyer and I consider myself to straddle both camps, with more in common with microlighters than spam can drivers.