the METAR for my last two lessons:
- EDMA 061120Z 34006KT 270V040 9999 SCT031 22/17 Q1006
- EDMA 211120Z 26010KT 9999 SCT045 25/14 Q1017
before this, I was at 9hr. Had 1:22 on the 6th, 1:19 on the 21st.
the 6th was my first day of circuits, with weather not really suitable for learning. then a forced 2 week break, so the 21st was chalked up as a bad day, really.
my instructor does max 6 circuits, before doing what has been suggest above, flying off to somewhere else. Relaxing straight flight or a little airwork of a different type.
and IanPZ, looks like we are at the same stage, more or less. Similar hours and similar frustration of not being able to do what we want
but my instructor, and hopefully yours, is saying not to
we are still at the beginning and have at least 35 or so hours to go in whicht to learn.