I was much happier with the US mid-downwind 45° join at unmanned airfields.
Happier because? Doesn't this "mid-downwind" point become that one spot that everyone then homes in on??
Beyond which how do I get to this "mid-downwind" point if I arrive at the field from the dead side? Do I overfly the field? Drive across the end of the runway crosswind.... errr did you read the AAIB report of the Leicester accident?