Hi there,
I agree with Right Stuff. I took my skills test in march, with a 20-25 knot wind gusting (luckily) straight down the runway. I was a bag of nerves, and thought that I had messed up within five minutes of leaving the airfield. After that i resigned to the "fact" that i had failed, and relaxed - treating it as another lesson. I did a perfect pfl, and after we had returned to the airfield, the examiner took control for some circuits. He expressed his suprise at how well i had handled the flight, considering the conditions, which were worse than he had thought. To my suprise i had passed
As for my Nav test.. now thats another story...
Good luck
CC