SpannerInTheWorks - I'm not sure you got that anecdote correct. I thought the more flying hours the pilot had the more doubt there was about his knowledge of flying. Surely it goes from bad to worse ie. "a pilot with 50 hours flying experience knows he knows it all, a pilot with 500 hours flying experience thinks he knows it all, and a pilot with 5000 flying hours knows he will never know it all."
Anyway, hope the weather was kind to LeeG2002 and that you're in the bar buying your faithful instructor a beer - like all good students should.