The legality is one thing, the practicality is another.
A UK PPL can fly down to 3000m vis but he can't navigate using the methods he's been taught.
A UK PPL can fly above an overcast layer provided there is a bit of the surface visible somewhere.... but he also can't navigate using the methods he's been taught.
Most other countries allow a PPL to fly out of sight of the surface, so I wonder why the CAA did this. It does allow less nav training, of course.....
Of course I can't resist saying that a UK PPL with the IMC Rating is allowed to fly VFR out of sight of the surface in any airspace where this is allowed, outside the UK (even though the
IFR privileges of the IMCR are UK only).
The trap in flying above clouds is obviously not getting back down, or not getting back down legally
