Agreed. Over the airport in a descent, enter left dowwind and land. Eyes
and ears peeled the whole way. Broadcast my intentions in as concise a
manner as I can. Or just enter behind the last pilot.

Frankly, If I were approaching from the NW and saw someone from the NE do a
"cross, fly out, RH 225 to the 45 entry", I would be totally confused and
surprised to see that you are landing at the same airport I was aimed at.
But my eyes would be on you the whole way.

The only thing I wouldn't do is fly a right hand pattern at a LH runway.
Otherwise enter whatever leg is shortest or follow the last plane in the
pattern.

"Newps" wrote in message
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Fly an extra 10 miles? For what purpose? Just enter the left downwind
and land. Don't make this more difficult than it has to be. The more
time you spend in the terminal area the more risk you have.