Andrew Craig

Hugh Miller

Head in The Clouds captures the heart and soul of free flying. It is a unique collection of stories and essays that documents the first 50 years of free flying – the adventure sports of paragliding and hang gliding. Since the pioneer hang glider pilots took their first tentative steps into the air in the 1970s, free-flight pilots have enjoyed a golden age. Face in the breeze, arms outstretched, following the birds and soaring high up to the clouds. For 50 years we’ve chased and achieved humankind’s oldest dream. In this hardback collection of 50 stories, pilots describe the highs and lows in free flying firsthand: from the beauty of sunset soaring in the mountains to tales of epic adventure and the fight for survival. Whether traversing the Himalaya, being swept to 20,000ft inside a storm cloud and surviving, or simply the sheer fun of thermalling like a bird to the clouds, the stories convey the joys and challenges of this unique sport, which is enjoyed by tens of thousands of people worldwide. The book is edited by one of Britain’s best paraglider pilots Hugh Miller and former BBC journalist Andrew Craig who between them have more than 50 years of free-flight experience. As Hugh says: “Free flying is adventure and exploration at its best. These stories represent the very best of our sport, the heart and soul of free flying.” Head in the Clouds has been received with much critical acclaim, including being listed as one of the top 10 outdoor books of 2023 by The Scotsman, Scotland’s national newspaper.

Head in the Clouds: The Best Stories From 50 Years of Free Flying

Hugh Miller on National Education. From a forthcoming work entitled: 'Leading articles on various subjects' by Hugh Miller

Keith Harris

EastEnders

The Story of My Education

My Schools and Schoolmasters

Or, The Traditional History of Cromarty

Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland

Footprints of the creator or, The Asterolepsis of Stromness, etc. [Illustrated.]

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Or, The Asterolepis of Stromness

The Footprints of the Creator

Foot-Prints of the Creator ... Ninth thousand

Works: The foot-prints of the Creator

Or, The Asterolepsis of Stromness ...

The Foot-prints of the Creator

Footprints of the Creator, Or, The Asterolepis of Stromness

Or, a Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides ; with Rambles of a Geologist ; Or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland

The Cruise of the Betsey

Or, The Story of My Education

First Impressions of England and Its People

With Rambles of a Geologist, Or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland

The Cruise of the Betsey ; Or, A Summer Holiday in the Hebrides

The Cruise of the Betsey; Or, A Summer Holiday in the Hebrides, with Rambles of a Geologist; Or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland

Sutherland as it was and is; or, How a country may be ruined [by H. Miller].

The Cruise of the Betsey; Or, a Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist; Or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland

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