FIRST TIME IN THE CIRCUIT | EASA PPL 17 | EGGP | ATC AUDIO 

That's quite a firm grip you have on the yoke there - I used to be like that, my instructor badgered me about it a lot. By the time you've finished your 3 hours circuit consolidation you won't be holding that yoke quite so tightly :) I love Suki, my fave a/c at Merseyflight, she flies really well - I took her out for my first solo x-country yesterday. She has ads/b too, so you can watch the replay on FlightRadar24 :) Traffic related orbits are one of those annoying facts of life at a live airport. Hawarden doesn't have that problem but the hangars there do tend to mess with the approach when you're close in. Warton is much better (and the touch-and-go fee is £0, as an added bonus). Oh, and a handy tip - trimming for first stage flaps is 4 full turns (hand on the front of the wheel to hand at the back of the wheel) and a little bit for luck... It's one of those things you pick up and takes away a fair chunk of thinking :)