Going to disagree with Brooklands.
For VFR flight below 3000', yes what you want to do is legal. Above 3000', you need to be a certain distance from clouds, as Brooklands says - but I think it's 1500m horizontally.
However, there's nothing to stop you switching to IFR above 3000'. Your license will still prevent you from actually flying in clouds, but you don't have to keep your distance from the clouds any more. However, you will have to fly quadrantal levels and follow all the other rules associated with IFR flight.
Note that legal and safe don't mean the same thing. Are the clouds building? If so, how long will you be in sight of the surface for? And even if you have the surface in sight, can you navigate? Are the holes big enough to get back down through? Clouds can build very quickly on a warm summers day. If you're flying close to clouds, can you be sure there are no aircraft in the clouds who are going to pop out right in front of you? I'm not saying don't do it, because there are times when it is safe and fun, but think about it first.
Gerund - please lighten up a bit. KCDW is trying to find out what the rules are, and posts like yours aren't helping educate him/her.
FFF
-----------