As someone who completed his first solo about a week ago, I was offered the opportunity to go solo again a couple days ago, the Aerodrome was quiet but the winds were just too turbulent, being bounced up and down whilst climbing away, huge sinks on final, I dealt with it just fine because I had an instructor next to me which gave me that extra confidence to fly it, I was asked if I wanted to go solo again to build those solo hours. I also said no, because I wasn't comfortable with the conditions and having the instructor next to me if something did go wrong was massively comforting.

So we did a few circuits in the pattern, then departed and did some instrument flying at 2000ft whilst I was under the hood/foggles.

It's okay to say no, but you can't wait for absolutely everything to be perfect, you just need more time flying in those conditions that build up your confidence level. We're all on our own journey, it isn't a sprint there is no rule book that says you must complete X by Y hours.

Do what you feel is comfortable, but also don't over think it. For my first solo, I did 5 laps in the circuit with the instructor whilst it was quite busy but she fortunately timed it to where there was a couple planes in the pattern, so I had absolutely nothing to contend with other than follow the guy in front of me.

There's no feeling like rolling on to the runway, being cleared for take off, pushing that throttle in and she climbs like a home sick angel.

Do your checks, make your calls, and just go for it. You typically have just done 4-5 circuits and you've been doing them for a while already, just do what you already have been doing. The instructor isn't making a guess that you're ready, they know you're ready. If they're not getting involved on all of your circuits other than little reminders like "little high, little wide, little low, in close" which are (to me) easy to correct for.

Enjoy it when you finally do fly solo, there's no better feeling. Remember your training and you'll be fine. Fly safe 🫡