From Vince #524

This is worrying, instructors that want to know the technique on how to hit a tree rather than choose an open field. Will this become part of the NPPL/PPL?

Yes, I will not try to use the "unusable fuel" in my tanks.

ps Golf Bravo Zulu, its the Schadenfreude Appreciation Society annual meeting, where are you?

And if there are no open fields nearby? Just acres and acres of best Forestry Commission Scots pines?

Its a bit like saying 'I'm not going to learn the ditching technique as I'm never going to fly over water'. One day, you might just need it.

While I take your point Kolibear, "Biggles" chose to hit a tree rather than land in an open field. He infers that instructors now want to know how to hit a tree safely. Landing in a forest is another thing, but I have not seen a CAA safety leaflet explaining the best technique, but I have seen one regarding ditching.
Along with this "Biggles" also said , does not bode well with choosing this technique when he obviously had an alternative.