El Desperado, I wasn't very clear. I meant get some experience in bad weather....not CBs.
I agree with what you've said, but I wanted to get some experience in the kind of real weather I might expect when flying IMC. In this respect I meant wind, turbulence and rain in dense cloud. This is mainly because the perspective and feel of flying in these conditions is very different to training with Foggles.
I certainly don't advocate deliberately flying into or near CBs for the experience. From my own point of view, if embedded CBs sit in a forecast I don't fly. The experience I did have with my instructor was very sobering, and I won't take any chances.