Classic, nice one Whirlygig
Right, so chopjock didn't put down hundreds of times in 17 years because of the weather. Which begs the question, would you fly around with someone who has to land hundreds of times because of mechanical problems, being lost, fancying a fag and a cuppa or a nice snooze?
Because that, or something very close, is what he/she is now telling us.
It's not the weather, so we are now being told, despite starting a post with, 'So there you are one day, grovelling along in poor vis and you have to put down in a field' and ending with the immortal line...'Out of all the 17 years I have been flying, I have put down hundreds of times'.