S27,
I does amaze me that the CAA still class dropping ground personnel out on to a moor or hillside as public transport!
What's your reasoning behind thinking it is not Public Transport?
CAA recently prosecuted a pilot who tried suggesting a similar flight wasn't PT. They directed him to the ANO and then for the readable version this:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/1428/summa..._transport.pdf
SD