...that would be because I'm not in the UK...
The aircraft was within W+B limitations, the engine was developing full power and I'm buggered if I knew what to do after that!! apart from coax it back up.
when you have descended to a few hundred feet, the downdraught should stop.
Yeah it's just the 'descended to a few hundred feet' thing that worried me!! I was over a valley facing (if I went any lower) a pretty sheer cliff. OK maybe it's my inexperience talking here but it scared the bejeebus out of me.
But that's a great pamphlet, thanks mate. I'm now much much more aware of this sort of thing!!