Hello again, Foxmoth!
Is it possible we are comparing apples to oranges? if you are still qualified as a gliding instructor, I would be delighted to fly with you. After 1800 hours in gliding, (which involved a lot of instructing, and probably at least 4,000 takeoffs and landings ) and another 1,200 in power, mostly tugging - (so probably another 3,000 takeoffs and landings) due to a very slight impairment in peripheral vision, they now require me to carry a qualified safety pilot! Which I must accept, because I am not as young as I used to be, and so tend to forget things, like carb heat, or flaps....what did I come in here for?
Why not PM me and we can arrange a rendezvous!