In reply to FFF and Alogan...
FFF, thanks for the reply to my previous post, your advice was greatly appreciated. Sorry it took so long to respond.
Alogan, I am a VERY long way away from being confident and competent at this exercise (!!!) as I have yet to complete all the stalls. (Clean were okay, flaps weren't - see my earlier post if you're interested). My FI drilled it into me that while a maximum 200ft loss of altitude was deemed to be perfectly acceptable, he wanted to see me manage 100ft losses - if not nearer 50! I guess that's to make you recover quicker at lower and more critical altitudes? Did your FI say anything like this to you? Anyway, keep up the good work. Sounds like you're getting to grips with the dreaded stalls better than I!