Welcome to the inevitable addiction that is flying @RobW!
I'm still a baby flier on my path to PPL, only 5 lessons under my belt, but already can't get enough of it
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Very cool that you had such a good time, it's an amazing feeling isn't it? Was this your first time flying? I too came from having flown a fair bit in simulators and it was surreal the first time in the real thing. Everything is so.. physical
. And like you I was also worried about coming in to training with bad habits from the simulator but to be honest it has so far only been helpful! I tend to treat the simulator as close to the real thing as possible and don't fly the big jets, only GA aircraft, which maybe makes for fewer bad habits.
As for choosing Norwich, I have to say I also ended up choosing the one closest to me in travel time. Living in relatively central London, any airfield within reasonably distance was at least 1 hour, if not closer to 2, drive or commute away, except for 1, which I'm lucky to have about 35 minute drive away on a good day.
I told myself I would try multiple schools before committing, but was so happy with my first choice that I never got around to it. Honestly, I find the time savings to be a huge bonus. I'm able to get lessons during the week without massively disrupting my works schedule, and having a cancelled flight due to weather is nowhere near as much of a pain than if I had a 3 hour roundtrip ride to the airfield!
Good luck on the second lesson, hope weather is on your side!