During PPL training, marginal weather for practice cross country. Instructor repurposed the lesson, filed IFR and I commenced my IFR training with full contact with the local radar service. I did ok with the instructors help and guidance but I will hopefully never do it again as I know what the outcome would be. That was a good lesson to learn for real with a safe pair of hands next to me. I also found out doing a hold on a VOR radial in a 40 knot winds is not easy and drew some feedback from ATC as to whether I knew it was meant to be symmetrical.