I seem to have caused some interest at least
I fly quite a lot in IMC outside controlled airspace, as I only have an IMC and not an IR I can't fly airways so to get from A to B in poor weather there's not a lot of option.
Unsurprisingly I'll always take a radar service if I can get one and most units are helpful and sympathetic to those of us in this position. In particular in my neck of the woods Bournemouth Lyneham, Bristol and Brize have been unfailingly kind, helpful and professional.