The Highest Hill in the Cotswolds

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4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Clare is climbing Cleeve Hill near Cheltenham in today’s Ramblings. At 330 metres above sea level it’s the highest point in Gloucestershire, and of the Cotswold Hills. With her are Chas and Sue Howes who live at the foot of the hill, and have a strong connection to it. Until 2012 Chas was the Finance Director of a major international clothing company. When he left he spiralled into a severe depression, something he now realises he had suffered from for many years. He says the business world is still a place where it’s very difficult to discuss mental health issues.

Cleeve Hill and Common have been something of a lifeline for Chas: alongside medication, walking and running on the hill have improved his physical and mental health. He is now a trustee of its conservation body which raises money to protect and improve the hill and its surrounding land.

Details of organisations offering information and support are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline Please scroll down to 'related links' for more information on the support available. Also for more information about Cleeve Hill.

Location Producer: Tom Bonnett (Producer: Karen Gregor)

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0:10.0	Rock falls, avalanches.
0:11.0	Huge pieces of ice. All are big enough to kill you.
0:14.0	He just flew out into Devoid and he was gone.
0:17.0	How did it all go so wrong?
0:19.0	And is it really worth risking death to feel alive?
0:22.3	Why would somebody pay to go to a place called the death cell on a vacation?
0:27.4	Extreme.
0:28.3	Peak Danger.
0:29.3	With me, Natalia Melman Petrazella.
0:31.8	Listen to the full series now.
0:33.4	First on BBC Sounds.
0:36.4	BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:41.0	It's a grey, drizzly day.
0:43.3	One of those days when the rain is just falling lightly,
0:45.5	but there is no sign of it stopping at all.
0:48.7	So, if you love your walking, you've just got to get out there and walk anyway.
0:52.2	And I've come to Gloucestershire.
0:54.1	Just to the edge of Cheltenham, we are in the shadow of Cleve Hill.
0:58.0	And if you've ever watched the Cheltenham or any racing at Cheltenham,
1:01.7	you'll have seen Cleve Hill.
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