With no reason for not doing so - put the wind on the left wing until 1000ft AGL where one should break cloud set up on left base for something or approaching the mid downwind thus a small right turn ro even lined up with a final if one can accept the crosswind............lots of options with minimal turning (extra loss of height in turn).
If still IMC at MSA -500 then turn into wind cause it's just not your day and you are now trying to minimise personal damage!
Of course there is the posbility that it may be dark under the cloud so the landing may be a night one in poor visibility and precipitation.
Don't forget the pre-landing checks - shame to land wheels up in a 1000 acre grass field!
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Robin,
I agree that a VNE dive is a waste of time because having put out a mayday, the max time in the air means min time in wreckage before help arrives.
However, if one does dive to VNE to exit the base the idea is not to gain height again but to maintain height just below the base while searching for a landing area.
Overall - land then crash not crash then land
Regards,
DFC