Immediately after I took my GFT in October the weather turned bad - too cloudy for nav and really windy - not just Xwind, but really gusty. The instructors at my club vary from mother hen to fly in anything, so it was very hard to make a judgement. End ended up taking an FI up in the circuit on a few occasions to try to push my limits. I'm very glad I did because, although at the moment I wouldn't want to go up solo in weather like that, it did prove that if I got caught out I would be able to get back safely. I found it quite rewarding in a 13kt crosswind, gusting 30kts to do several circuits without the instructor having to step in at all.