Isaac’s Tea Trail: Allendale to Ninebanks

Six and a half miles of linear moorland walking with 230 metres of climbing, three and a half hours over the ridge between the East and West Allen on the trail named after the Victorian tea seller Isaac Holden. Start from the market place at Allendale Town, where parking is free, and plan the return: the bus service to Ninebanks is sparse, so most walkers arrange a lift or double back. Big open ground where a dog can run, burns to drink from and no roads to speak of, but the moor is grazed by sheep the whole way, ground-nesting birds mean leads from March to July, and the last mile drops through farmyards at Mohope.