Legend!!!
youtu.be/lJyCwOJh3ZE?...
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Joss Naylor (1936-2024), English fell runner

Died #otd Joss Naylor (1936-2024), English fell runner, 1 year ago today #JossNaylor life story...

King of the Fells: Joss Naylor, the shepherd with an unbeatable running record Fell running is a demanding endurance sport and Joss Naylor ran with all his heart. Fuelled by apple cake and Guinness, the English sheep farmer broke multiple long-distance running records. He died t...

Published his story years ago #FeetInTheClouds. This is a lovely tribute. #JossNaylor #FellRunning
www.theguardian.com/sport/ng-int...

His 'To Beat the Devil' has sustained me through moments of discouragement in my writing, & in, I suppose, just being the true me. Saw him twice with my dad, most recently in Newcastle when Kris was quite frail.

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#JossNaylor Fell running & the legends of the lake district have inspired me & 2/

"- It’s one of them things that, you know, you has to do, and you go along, and you do your best, and you don’t tell anybody about these things unless they want to know.
- Yet other people tell them, like ourselves.
- Aye, aye. It’s better that way int it?"

@theguardian.com #JossNaylor