A UN-organised event, Mountain Day is dedicated to raising awareness of the importance and value of mountains from an ecological and economical perspective. :-
one of my favourite sites http://www.lakelandcam.co.uk/ fantastic pictures from an ex postie, my favourite mountain/fell is Crinkle Crags, one of the first fells I could identify as a child, it looks like knuckles and The Lion and the Lamb we scrambled up that! even the Puca (when she was a nipper) it was the happiest moment especially when you know Wainwright never managed it!
alot of tings are named after them, goats erm bikes erm debts erm butter erm......................................................