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don't be too afeared of polar alignment - it seems more daunting than it actually is and there are many ways to skin a cat.
I'm not expert by any means but I use a few things to make my life easier. There's an article here about buidling a wooden jig which helps give you true south. An inclinometer helps you get the pitch of the scope right (37.5 I think). And I've now started using Alignmaster which seems like a major blessing as long as you have the stars to align too.
I can't see the trap near the SCP from my light polluted skies and was never really able to see it that well under dark skies.
The above solution all but eliminates the need to polar align using the SCP and is a lot quicker than drift aligning though you can use that to refine your alignment.
All the best
niko
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