I visited Cambridge at the beginning of July to see the new sculpture trail, "Cows of Cambridge", which aims to raise money for children's charity Break, Thameslink, and Cambridge Business Improvement District. The cows were meant to make their appearance last spring (2020), but this was delayed for the obvious reasons. I had been looking forward to visiting, and I had only been to Cambridge a couple of times on a fleeting visit, so I have never actually explored the city. I found the city friendly with a lot of culture and art; it had not only a student but a bohemian atmosphere about it. As an added bonus, I visited as the universities had their various graduation ceremonies, and the streets were full of graduates in their cap and gowns (as full as they could be with the restrictions at the moment). The only issue I had with the city was the long walk from the station to the centre, which looks not that far on a map, but my feet were dead by the end of the first day.
"Buttercup" - Sally Adams
The sculpture trail is created by Wild in Art, and they are responsible for creating the majority of these sculpture trails. Why did they choose cows? Cambridge is known for its herds of red cattle that graze on the commons around the city. There are fourty large cow sculptures and 45 smaller ones around the city, but not all of them are centrally-located. That is almost 90 cow sculptures to locate! Each of them is unique and created by an artist or business in the Cambridge area.
"The Bovine Line" - Phil Daniels
The sculptures will be in place in the city until the 4th of September, and they will be available to see in one place from the 18th-19th of September before they are auctioned to raise the money for the charity. I suggest to visit this one, as it's a pleasant walk around the different areas of Cambridge with the chance to spend a couple of extra days visiting museums and other attractions that the city has to offer.
"Top Cow" - Rosalind Harrison and "Mooore Gin Please" - Laura-Kate Chapman
"Doodle Cow" - Anne-Marie Miller
"Honey" - Gina Gelder
"The Environmoontal Cow" - 10 Creative and Lana Hughes
"Around the City" - Sian Ellis
"Buttercup" - Sally Adams
"May-Belle" - Dario Fisher and "Dairy Curie" - Laura-Kate Chapman
"Etheridge" - Lucy Gough
"Hey Diddle Diddle" - Sally Adams
"MooMoo-a-Tron III" - Dinky Doors
"The Moooon" - Hannah Nelson
"Cowbridges" - Glynn Thomas RE
"Monty Rushmoo" - Jina Gelder
"Cowmono" - Jessica Perrin
"Four-Four-Moo" - Megan Heather Evans
"Wandering Lions" - Karis Youngman
"Moodle Yoodle" - Toni Woolley aka The Pink Hare
"STEM Cow" - Kelly Stanford
"Sir Isaac Mooton" - Donna Newman
"Messing About on the Cam" - Kathleen Smith
"Animal Farm" - Emma Graham
"Moss Cow" - Chris Pointon
Did I have a favourite sculpture? There were a couple that I did enjoy seeing. "Monty Rushmoo" was probably my favourite one in terms of the artistic style. My family raise cattle, so seeing a cow sculpture with different breeds of cow on it was interesting. "The Environmoontal Cow" was cool because it had a patch of straw in front of it. I also really enjoyed "Doodle Cow" with its facts about cattle, which I relayed to my parents. "The Bovine Line" one in front of the train station was nicely-painted as well.
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