CAA Prosecution - A lesson to be learnt

[Gertrude the Wombat]

I really wonder how many PPL's follow the military rule of thumb of roughly 3 hours prep for 1 hour's flying

Sounds about right for trips outside the area I'm familiar with. For the local area it's just a few minutes of reading the weather and the NOTAMs.

Any comments?

Last time I looked at a quarter mil map it stopped at around tree-top height. I get higher than that if the clould allows.