Through the Eyes of a Wombat

The main point of instrument flying is to be able to fly through clouds, or whenever without seeing the ground. This is all very well, but flying yesterday Johntheflyinginstructor actually filed an IFR flight plan and instead of 'practising' flying without looking out the window (accomplished by fogged goggles - the 'foggles'), he had me fly straight into a big fluffy cloud so neither of us could even see the wingtips. Sadly the weather cleared up later in the hour and I had to put those foggles on again.
Clouds are wet, too, though they do look like fairy floss. Flying through them meant water pouring off the windscreen for most of the flight. I must admit it did feel a little on the strange side to be flying around and not able to see outside, but that is the point of the instrument rating.
Also had some fun playing with the GPS, and using it for an approach to land - following the little picture on the screen, and when Johntheflyinginstructor had me remove the foggles, there was the runway sprawled out in front of me, and back to land we went.
That was fun.