Once, while ferrying a C 150 back through Manitoba, I arrived at my planned fuel stop (few and far between in Manitoba) to find the winds gusting to 45 knots with some crosswind. When I got to the ramp, two planes had just been blown over.
and the tafs and metars were?
It is very true that one should check the weather oneself first and only then ask the instructor for his permission.
On my skills test, it was about 5km vis (summer haze) and it was delayed. I was not happy about it but the man wouldn't do it - and that was with him in the plane...