Vince,
Thank you for coming on here, but you really do need to look very hard at the real causes of this accident (it is clear already that there is more than one causal factor, as is usually the case with aviation accidents).
You say you didn't run out of fuel, but also say that you were down to, or below, the minimum usable fuel level (6 litres is min usable for the CT, I believe). The immediate conclusion is that you did, indeed run out of fuel, as "running out" in an aircraft is letting the level drop below minimum usable. Flying down to within a litre or two of min usable is pretty poor airmanship, in my view. The engine had to stop for a reason, and my money is on the AAIB finding that it stopped because there was no fuel reaching it, which means you ran out of fuel.
You also say that you flew as directed by an ATC unit, implying that their directions may have contributed to your predicament, rather then your own judgement. I'm unfamiliar with the area, but were you in controlled airspace at the time of the accident? If you weren't, then an ATC unit cannot give you directions, they can only advise. In the open FIR (class G) you are responsible for your own navigation and actions, not an ATC unit.
It was reported earlier that you landed at a field for fuel, but couldn't get any, so you took off again. If this is true, then the implication is that you initiated a flight (from that field) with doubts as to whether you had enough fuel. If this is the case, then it is not just poor airmanship, it's bordering on negligence.
Lastly, you were flying a microlight aeroplane. Just like everyone else who has learned to fly a microlight I am absolutely certain that it was drummed into you by your instructor to EXPECT an engine failure. Engine failures and forced landings are (or at least were) an inherent part of microlighting, so the syllabus places a fairly hefty emphasis on flying defensively (i.e ALWAYS thinking about where you're going to land WHEN the engine stops) and avoiding flying over terrain where an engine failure might leave you in the position you got yourself into. You were tested on engine failures as part of your GST. You had to demonstrate to the Examiner that you could cope with an engine failure at ANY point in a flight and get the aircraft safely back on the ground (crashing into a tree is not "getting the aircraft safely back on the ground", no matter how incredibly lucky you were to have go away with it this time).
I am very glad that you escaped relatively unscathed, but there is no doubt in my mind that your actions contributed to the majority of the causal factors in this accident, as I am sure will be revealed when the accident report is published. The biggest single problem you have seems to be an inability to accept that you may have made a chain of serious errors of judgement.
Was it wise to plan to fly over the top of high cloud in a VFR only microlight?
What were you going to do from that height if the cloud closed up beneath you and you lost sight of the ground?
Was it wise to cause such disruption in controlled airspace?
Was it wise to take off from a field knowing that you may not have enough fuel to complete your flight?
Was it wise to ignore the minimum usable fuel limit and carry on flying with just a litre or two above it?
Was it wise to fly over terrain where safe landing options were non-existent in the event of engine failure?
Was it wise to believe that emulating the actions of a fictional pilot in a novel was a better course of action than your training?
Unfortunately, your actions and your subsequent comments in the press have just made all microlight pilots look like a bunch of maverick incompetents, which is far from the truth - most are very careful and professional pilots. Microlighters have worked hard over many years to overcome the prejudices that some aviators have regarding them. Your actions have set that hard work back and will have created a great deal of extra work for many people.
You had an entirely avoidable accident that was most probably wholly caused by your own poor judgement. Please accept that, learn from it and become a better pilot because of it. As another instructor has commented earlier in this thread, if you don't learn these lessons and change your approach to flying you will have another accident, I'm sure, and you may not have luck on your side next time.
VP