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QFE
do not use QFE when flying IFR. The last thing you need is fiddling with the altimeter setting during approach and go-around.
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Simply note the outbound track and inbound track and minima on the plog that's all that's important. Get the altitude and fixes off the plate as you go from one to the next.
ATIS can be scribbled across any convenient bit of blank paper if you develop your own shorthand
E.g V 27 R 230/15 25 >10 F 25 B 45 1021
Information Victor runway in use 27 right hand circuit wind 230 15 gusting 25 visibility 10 km or more few at 2500 broken 4500 QNH 1021
Keep it as simple as possible and use GPS with the procedures in it wherever possible and remember that no one in their right mind uses an ADF for NDB procedures in real life.