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A new book by the man who helped Alfred Wainwright become a TV star in the 1980s reveals how the fell-walker would often hide from fans behind trees.

Richard Else, author of Wainwright Revealed, told Radio 4's Broadcasting House Wainwright was "a very complex person".

Alfred Wainwright popularised the coast-to-coast walk across Northern England - a 192 mile pilgrimage from the Irish to the North Seas by way of three National Parks.

(Photo: Looking across to Clay Bank and Greenhow Plantation from Hasby Bank in the Cleveland Hills, North York Moors National Park. Credit: Getty Images)