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Fell runners 'lead Lakes legend home'
Hundreds of athletes lead King of the Fells Joss Naylor's cortege after running into Wasdale Head.
BBC News
Wasdale Head is a scattered agricultural hamlet in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Wasdale Head claims to be home of the highest mountain, deepest lake (Wastwater), smallest church and biggest liar in England. The last of these claims refers to Will Ritson, who paradoxically proclaimed himself as such. In 1870-72 the township/chapelry had a population of 49.
Hundreds of athletes lead King of the Fells Joss Naylor's cortege after running into Wasdale Head.