or manually flying and banking between low level cumulus clouds
All I ever wanted to do when I was little (50 odd years ago now) is fly in and around fluffy cumulus. Didn't know what they were at the time obviously. It always seemed like the ultimate freedom to me and special in some way. You had a mountain to climb to be able to do that.
I mostly enjoy going places with friends, that's what GA flying is all about to me; but just occasionally when the weather is glorious I will shoot off IFR for some general handling on my own and just play in the clouds, banking and diving around them and shooting through the middle. It's absolutely magic, just flying for the sheer joy of it; and everytime I do it I smile at the memory of that little kid who used to always look at the sky and I think 'Well, here we are old son, dreams do come true.'
Crikey I've come over all philosophic. Beer required I think.