Whirly the way you describe the feelings and emotions that we all experience when flying is just Great! Its the self discovery bit that is part of the deal, and one of the reasons for aviating.
Thanks so much.
Confession time: I flew at 1500 ft over a nuclear power station on the Breton coast while solo last year. Got away with it probably becus my French ATL has a French registration and it was lunch time.
Really useful thread. MG