Terry, I have no idea why anybody thought you referred to other than an aerotow launch, nor why they could not understand that a single turn (180 degrees?) gets you parallel to, not in line with, the runway for a downwind landing. Unless there is a cross wind which drifts you back in line , of course you need more than 180 degrees first, then an opposite turn to straighten up in line. What you wrote made perfect sense, as you said.
Re Bungey Launch, “The Midland Gliding Club is one of the few places left in the world where you can experience a Bungey Launch”. See:
Midland Gliding Club Ltd at the Long Mynd
ChrisN