Hmmm.... where can I read up on Part FCL?
As for the IR, I didn't know how much it cost, simply that it was the "higher version" of the IMC. I did think the IMC is useful considering the temperamental UK weather.
xrayalpha, I don't want to be an instructor at the cost of everything else. I want to fly airplanes, so I've never really considered microlights. Gliders, maybe.