Mass Trespass Anniversary

Maxwell Ayamba from SEM attended the 70th Anniversary Celebration of the creation of National Parks in the UK. The celebration took place on Friday March 22nd 2009 at Castleton. 70 years ago the founding the ideas of a scheme of ‘National Parks allowing public to access the British countryside across the UK was inspired by an event called the ‘Mass trespass’, where groups of activist ramblers walked across private land.

London Peaks Walk

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Podcast- Maxwell Ayamba Walks Barnet Beacon in London.

Maxwell Ayamba, co-founder of the Black Men Walk for Health group, travels down from Sheffield to scale the Barnet beacon. Maxwell’s walking group encourages black men – and women – to embrace rural walking for the sake of their physical and mental wellbeing. He discusses whether the British countryside has a diversity problem and whether a similar group could flourish in London.

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