This reminds of going into Kelowna, CA years back...they cleared me for an approach, which has a holding pattern entry from the IAP..so I entered the procedure turn at last assinged alt, dropping into the IAP alt iin the hold, and did a full turn to get down onto the LOC...
So of course, I got ATC and planes asking me where I am constantly...in the procedure turn entry...out bound, in the turn, in bound...everyone is angry..
On the ground I asked 'what's up'....I guess as long as I was 'in protected airspace, I was suppose to decend in some kind of half ass entry at 5000 ft/mn and intercept the inbound course....
Either way I always assumed that a holding pattern procedure turn required a full circuit.....
I guess either way...what ever you do, it's better to be too high then too low....