24 Barnet – Maxwell Ayamba

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.

Find out more about Black Men Walk For Health: 100blackmenwalk.blogspot.com

Find out more about the Sheffield Environment Movement charity: semcharity.org.uk

Having founded Black Men Walk For Health in Sheffield, Maxwell Ayamba swaps the Peak District for the Big Smoke and takes a walk to the highest point in Barnet. En route, he discusses whether the British countryside has a diversity problem