I think I may have found some parking on/off the road between Whernside Manor and Mill Bridge
Sadly, Google street view hasn't explored as far as this road so I can't "drive" down it to check it out
If it's right though, it puts the walk at between 8 and 9 miles which is perfik
I shall bear the very steep bit in mind Ed but, looking at the map, all access to Dent from any direction involves a steep gradient somewhere or other so I'll just have to suck it and see.
Peter - I'm not sure when I'll be doing this at the moment. Seeing as we're heading into Winter I can't imagine it will be before March next year at the earliest
I'm just armchair ambling, plotting and planning at the moment so I can jump to at a moment's notice. Don't worry though, you'll get an invite when I do it seeing as you've escorted me up the other 2 of the Y3 Peaks and it would be wrong not to include you on my last one