I can definitely recommend hang-gliding. Paragliding is good fun too, although I don't feel as comfortable with it, I know of too many accidents caused by the chute deciding it fancied collapsing. I've been through some nasty chop on a hang-glider which I _really_ wouldn't like to have tried on a paraglider. And a hang-glider has built-in "crumple zone" bits so that it breaks before you do, whereas the crumple zone on a paraglider is your legs (and head, and arms, and anything else you land on).

OTOH, paragliding is easier to learn (and therefore cheaper to learn), and you can fit your gear in the back of the car instead of having to lug a dirty great hang-glider around on the roof of your car. And a paraglider is _much_ easier to carry up a hill...

For hang/para schools in the UK, check the British Hang-gliding/Paragliding Association website and select the "schools" option on the lefthand menu.

Graham.