OK, it was a bit tight scudrunning but from your replies to Maoraigh1 it seems you were sufficiently aware of the potential for disaster, downdraft and turbulence on the lee side.
The point I think Maoraigh1 was making about a descending turn is that you were right in the cloudbase and that by descending you would have much better visibility to see any hard bits you would not want to hit. Your idea of a level turn on instruments gives me the chills and in all such cases I would opt for good sight of the ground features over just about everything else.
In case there was confusion over Maoraigh1's description of a "steep descending 180", I think he meant a steep 180 but descending, not steeply descending.
Last edited by DeltaV; 28th Aug 2016 at 09:46.