I am also one of the LAPL brigade, in fact I think I have the first LAPL(H) that was issued in the U.K. I also have an LAPL(A) as well. For me it was a no brainer. I previous had both PPL(H) and PPL(A) but lost my medical shortly before the LAPL came into existence. However I could pass the LAPL medical wth no problem so was first in the queue when it came out. I was the very first one that my AME had done. The LAPL has allowed me to continue to fly both rotary and fixed wing ever since, so I have to say that for me is is probably the only good thing that has ever come out of EASA. As long as you keep within the currency rules it is very simple to keep legal by simply doing your instructor hour every 12 or 24 months as the case may be. I cannot understand why more prospective pilots don't go down that route.