A few more questions Lee..
Where did you stay overnight?
Where did you park while you did the walk?
Was the route easy to follow?
Was there anywhere to refill water bottles / buy drinks?
we stayed at a b&b about 15 miles away was nice 35pp pn
was OK for me and my nephew we shared a room ...the other 5 had to share same price i run good lol....
we parked at a car park next to the Pen-y-ghent Cafe in Horton-in-Ribblesdaleich which is the official start point.
loads and loads of people doing the same walk and you basically don't need a map just follow on they sell maps in the cafe but you really don't need one.
at the base of peak two there is a refreshment van next to the viaduct also after peak two on the way to three another that even sells spare socks.
nowhere to fill up water bottles if you drink allot and don't want to carry allot could buy from these vans or use the streams perhaps take water purification tablets if you was going to do this.
mat,
there was hundreds doing it mate i think at weekends its always busy march til Oct at a guess.