TRIBUTES have poured in for a trailblazer in the running community who was known for his love and commitment to the Lakeland fells. Heartfelt tributes have flooded in for 92-year-old great grandfather John Albert Nettleton MBE who died on Christmas Eve. Mr Nettleton leaves behind his son and daughter, Robert and Sarah Nettleton, five grandsons and four great grandchildren. Mr Nettleton was born in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire and moved to Carlisle as an infant. After doing well at Carlisle Grammar school, and after National Service with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Mr Nettleton went to on study at University of Durham graduating in 1952.