To say that Joss Naylor was a famous fell-runner is like saying that Muhammad Ali was a well-known boxer or Emil Zátopek a successful Olympian. It’s true, but it misses the story that matters.

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 from the Lake District, an idyllic part of north ...