Climbing Scafell Pike

Multimap confirms it will take about 5 hours to drive there.

I reckon go up friday evening, leaving about 6, getting there about 11. Then slog up the mountain on saturday, get pissed, then drive back sunday.

The terrain looks pretty rough, but its certainly doable.

There's some more info about routes here and here

We should bear in mind it takes about 7 hours to climb, and there are only 8 and a half hours of sun on Nov 26th, so I reckon an early start.
http://www.dawnsun.net/astro/suncalc/?sc=1&d=26&m=11&y=2005&lad=51&lam=34&ns=N&lod=0&lom=7&we=W&th=0&tm=0

At this time of year it might well snow at this altitude as well.

A good Youth hostel seems to be the Wasdale Hall one, here
CA20 1ET. We'll need to ring them at least 48 hours in advance to check if its ok, as they don't normally seem to open this late in the year. They are on 0870 770 6082.
It will cost 22 quid each for 2 nights.

The route seems relatively straightforward.