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Keld appeared to be abandoned for winter. This was the intersection of the Coast-to-Coast and Pennine Way, where the guidebook had painted a picture of a bustling village – but this was a ghost town. They were starting to feel cold, walking beneath moonlight through dark, silent lanes. Turning a corner, they saw a house with lights on. Konrad knocked on the door and explained to the owner that they needed somewhere to stay. She invited the pair in and made calls to friends, further and further away before a guesthouse was eventually found.

It was November 2015 and Jasmin Paris and her husband, Konrad Rawlik, were at the end of their fourth day of running the Pennine Way. Both are well known for their running achievements: Jasmin has been national fell running champion; she’s the fastest woman over the Bob Graham and Paddy Buckley rounds and holds the overall record for the Charlie Ramsay – all achieved in an astonishing six months in 2016. Konrad has won the Fellsman race and also placed third in the Dragon’s Back. The couple have twice raced the multi-day Transalpine together.