cir/cpl
hi badboy
I would strongly recommend doing your CPL before your CIR, there are a few reasons for this. Firstly the single pilot IFR is probably the most demanding flying that you will do, you really need to be up to speed with it all, so doing your CPL first will help you to consolidate your cockpit management skills and your basic nav (time, speed, dist etc...).Also, as stated on one of the other posts you need the command time too. I did my CIR is australia and, for memory, you need 50 hrs command cross country, 5 hrs command at night, and i cant quite remember how much IF time is required.I'm not sure what the requirements are in the UK but i'm sure that they will be roughly the same as the aus requirements.
I wouldnt worry too much about the WX mate thats just aviation and it would be good practice for you to just be prepared to handle the WX whatever it may be and whether you are IFR or VFR.
I reccomend CPL first Badboy. Good Luck!