Just flown Bodmin -- Compton return today. Lovely trip -- could see the South Wales coast and Lundy Island from just North of Exeter.
You could always take the Southern route via Exmouth VRP, then across Dartmoor and get an excellent view of both the pretty Eastern and Western sides of Dartmoor and also the grimmest prison in England in the middle. (Watch out for the 2300ft Princetown mast, though!)
Vis a vis Compton and crosswinds. If you're a dab hand at these in your Pitts you might be happy going in there in a Southerly, but they only have one runway, 26/08, and it's on top of a hill with trees just to the South so lots of curl-over. Just a thought.
When's the competition by the way?
Have a good flight!