I have often wondered who thought it was a good idea to reduce the amount of IF required for a PPL from 5 hrs to 3 hrs?
Might not make too much difference if the last time you did any was 1998?
What is frustrating is how many times that we read in these ATSB reports that the last time the pilot flew on instruments was when they gained their PPL many years ago. Very very frustrating when it's so easy to pop under the hood for a lengthy period during your AFR or similar.
Or just a few ILSs on MS flight sim from time to time - even better if your school has synthetic trainer or sim... much cheaper than in a plane and it all helps.