I knew someone who used to celebrate 11th April as Settle and Carlisle Day: it was the day in 1989 when, after a long campaign, the decision was eventually made that the Settle and Carlisle railway line would not be closed. I first met this friend at Derby station; I wouldn't usually start a conversation with a stranger on a railway platform, but he was wearing a "Settle and Carlisle Railway" sweatshirt and I was on my way to Horton-in-Ribblesdale for the Pen-y-Ghent fell race. He was also a runner, but cross-country and road rather than fell.