The Golden Ball Inn, Lower Swell

Hillview, Lower Swell , near Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds

Hillview is a Grade II listed Cotswold stone cottage c.1690 situated in the pretty village of Lower Swell. The property has been carefully renovated and refurbished whilst retaining all of its period charm.

The property is within walking distance of the traditional village pub, 'The Golden Ball' (winner of the 'Best Neighbourhood Pub of the Year' 2012).

Hillview is well placed for visiting the local villages and market towns of the Cotswolds. The market town of Stow-on-the-Wold, with its wealth of pubs, restaurants, antique shops. supermarket and independent retailers, is only a mile away. The renowned villages of Bourton-on-the-Water, The Slaughters, Cirencester and Burford are within easy reach, as are towns such as Cheltenham, Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford and Bath.

James Cracknell & Beverley Turner: Touching Distance | Talks at Google

Double Olympic gold-medal winner, James Cracknell, and his wife Beverley Turner talk to Google VP Matt Brittin about their story before and after a life-changing accident.

Filmed at Google London on 4/12/12.

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In October 2011 James Cracknell, two-time Olympic gold-medal rower and one of the greatest endurance athletes the world has ever known, suffered a seizure at home as his young son looked on in horror. A man who had known no limits, a man who had practically achieved the impossible, was now struggling to master life's simple challenges.

A year earlier, as James undertook yet another endurance challenge in Arizona, he was knocked off his bike by the wing mirror of a petrol tanker. It had smashed into the back of his head at high speed, causing severe frontal lobe damage. The doctors weren't sure if he would recover and, if he did, whether he would ever be the same again.

Touching Distance is an extraordinary, honest and powerful account as James and his wife Bev confront for the first time the lasting effects that the accident has had on their lives. It is the story of a marriage, of a family and of one man's fight back to be the best husband and father he can be.

The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy | Full Audiobook with subtitles | Part 1 of 2

The Woodlanders is one of Hardy's later novels, although he originally intended it as a successor to Far From The Madding Crowd. It concerns the life and loves of Giles Winterborne, Grace Melbury, Edred Fitzpiers, Felice Charmond and Marty South. The topics of class, fidelity and loyalty are dealt with in Hardy's exquisite style and set in the beautiful woodlands of Hintock (T.Hynes)
The Woodlanders (version 2)
Thomas HARDY
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