Once back at the fix, commence the racetrack. This shouldn't be cause for panic, at least for a pilot in a slow airplane. As shown at direction, the protected area around a published hold is much larger than the holding pattern itself. And the higher the altitude, the larger the protected area. So unless you're in a very fast airplane, there's plenty of airspace to get reestablished.
Some pilots can visualize a holding entry only by sketching it right on the chart.
That's certainly an option, albeit an awkward one. Another way to accomplish the same thing is to put the DG or HSI to work as a visual aid. Even pilots who busted pattern analysis on their aptitude tests can manage this one. Step one, as shown in the drawing, is to divide the DG into segments that correspond to teardrop, parallel and direct entries. To do this, strike an imaginary line across the face of the instrument that's 70-degrees off the vertical.