"Interesting" instrument approach
On my way back to Leeds today, sat at about 3500ft in IMC I asked if I could track in to the beacon for an NDB/DME approach. Usual routine is a simple vectored ILS, but since I haven't done an NBD for ages I thought, why not.
This was accepted, so I commenced tracking in, only to be asked if I could accept vectors. Scratching my head a little, I said ok, thinking he must be wanting to vector me around other traffic. This carried on for quite a while, and looking at the ADF/DME it was fairly apparent I'd been vectored to essentially a downwind position, nowhere near the procedure track.
Anyway, eventually he vectored me to somewhere roughly on the base turn and I was instructed to continue with the procedure. Needless to say this left me a little out of sorts and I made a complete arse of it, to the point where if I hadn't just broken cloud I would have gone around.
Is this common? I've done quite a number of NDB approaches and never had this occur before.