Moorland area hike — sorry, rambling (9)
I believe the answer is:
yorkshire
'moorland area' is the definition.
'yorkshire' can be an answer for 'area' (I have seen 'Northern area' mean 'yorkshire' so perhaps 'area' could also mean 'yorkshire'). I'm unsure of the 'moorland' bit.
'hike sorry rambling' is the wordplay.
'rambling' indicates an anagram.
'hike'+'sorry'='hikesorry'
'hikesorry' anagrammed gives 'YORKSHIRE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yorkshire that I've seen before include "Ilkley's county" , "moorland area?" , "Former county of England" , "Sort of pudding" , "Northern area" .)