“I'd grown up not feeling a sense of connection to the land. Really, the countryside was a place of fear. It was a place where I wasn't safe,” says ultra runner Sabrina Pace-Humphreys.
For a black woman in the UK, it’s a common narrative. The majority of people of black heritage here live in urban areas where they lack access to the outdoors, something that’s been well-documented in research carried out by Natural England. Beyond access, it’s a space where many people say they feel they simply don’t belong.
