Winner Mark Hartell approaches the final checkpoint at YarnburyUltra-long-distance expert Mark Hartell put his stamp on the Fellsman Hike this weekend with an emphatic tenth win to equal the record number of firsts.

He topped the list of 154 hardy hikers who completed the gruelling 62-mile course over some of the toughest terrain in the Yorkshire Dales, in weather ranging from torrential rain to bright sunshine.

Read our account of this annual bog-trotting, fell-conquering festival of endurance, with pictures from the event.

Winner Mark Hartell approaches the final checkpoint at Yarnbury 

See our collection of Fellsman Hike photographs at our photosales website