Originally Posted by londonblue
I'm based at Elstree which doesn't have instrument approaches, so how would I get back if the weather isn't too great? If I've understood previous discussions correctly you can use, say Southend to come out of cloud, and then fly below it to Elstree. However, carrying on from your example flight, popping out the bottom at 900', isn't feasible
True - I have the benefit of being based at a field with an approach, had this been you heading to Elstree you probably wouldn't have been able to do it, but you could always land at Southend and then do the short hop to Elstree at a later point when the weather clears while still allowing you to get 'close', particularly if coming from further afield.