Today we had another meander around Cambridge looking for the cows in Cows About Cambridge. This time we toured those on the south side of the city. This was the invite from Joyce...
"Tomorrow, Tuesday 13th July please join me for the Cows about
Cambridge Sculpture trail - Part 2.
For Part 2, the cows are a little
more spread out e.g walking to the main railway station. We will
park/meet again at the Riverside, end of Stanley Road, Cambridge CB5
8LF. This is free parking. Let's meet at 10am.
The walk will
include a coffee stop at Cambridge station and then lunch on Parkers Piece
(please bring your lunch). "
This was our route today...
Here are a few of my photos.
This time we headed away from the river via
Stourbridge Common towards the station via Coldham's Common and the back streets.
Work is progressing on the Chisholm Trail to link Cambridge North station to
the main station.
In Sedgwick Street we came across this, the most recent
Dinky Door
- the
Octospa. It cleverly makes use of one of the bollards.
I loved the cucumber slices on the octopus' eyes and the eight slippers left by the door.
On the railway bridge on Mill Road we came across the sad remains of another
recent one, the
FotoDinkyMat, now just a puddle of melted metal. Read about the demise of the original
here.
As we neared the station we visited the
Cycle Park.
Here we had a coffee stop by the
Old Ticket Office.
Just outside the station we came across our first cow statues of the day...
...and No 2. The Bovine Line.
It depicts scenery around the railway line from Cambridge to Norwich - here are the views of Ely...
...and Cambridge.
I liked that one.
It was not far to the next ones - No. 3. Top Cow, decorated by plastic milk bottle tops....
...and No 4. The Botanicow, featuring what you can find in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
Very pretty.
Then, outside the Botanic Garden we came across No. 8. Moss Cow.
William and Nina followed the link on the cowbell to view the results of it's air quality sensor at cambridgemosscow.org. When we were there, around 11:40am, the air quality was "Good", but a couple of hours earlier it had been "Unhealthy for sensitive groups".
Update: Here is the graph as of Thursday evening:
The US Environmental Protection Agency describes different levels of PM2.5 in the air like this:
- 0 - 12 μg/m3 - Good
- 12.1 - 35.4 μg/m3 - Moderate
- 35.5 - 55.4 μg/m3 - Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- 55.5 - 150.4 μg/m3 - Unhealthy
- 150-5- 250.4 μg/m3 - Very Unhealthy
- 250.5+ μg/m3 - Hazardous
Anyway.. Right next to Moss Cow is No. 9. Wandering Lions, depicting the legend of the lions at the Fitzwilliam Museum roaming the city at night.
Next we looped back towards the station to find No. 5. Mooshu, based on Chinese folklore.
The sponsors of this one had really entered into the punning spirit of the exhibition. Nice one!
We crossed the railway line and passed Cambridge Junction to get to No 6. At the Moovies.
This one deserves a special mention for the most bovine puns. Quite apart from advertising "Bridget Jones's Dairy", it was decorated with versions of the names of film stars, as you might get on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (my favourite radio series) if they ever did a round "Name some film stars who might appeal to cow lovers". Names include Brad Patt, Michael J Ox, Ribeye Dinero, Rock Herdson and Jenheifer Aniston. Very droll.
Now we recrossed the railway line and headed for the southernmost cow. It is just outside The Triangle offices of Cambridge Assessment where I used to work before retiring last February.
No. 7. Moodle Yoodle is very doodly.
It didn't take us long to find the hidden cow. Can you spot it?
It was quite a distance now to our next one. We walked up the western side of the Botanic Garden. On the conduit we saw some moorhen chicks.
At the entrance to Gonville Hotel we encountered the robotic No 34. Mooto Cow....
...and then outside the swimming pool, No. 35. Four-Four Moo wearing the strip of Cambridge United Football Club.
Just across the road in Parker's Piece is this monument celebrating the origin here of the rules of association football.
As we paused for our picnic lunch, we could see the giant City View Wheel turning.
The black VIP gondola can be hired for special occasions featuring "Black leather seats with table.
Priority entry. and 1 bottle of champagne with glasses."
Time for our last few now on the other side of Parker's Piece.
At the entrance to the refurbished University Arms Hotel, we found No. 33. Cowbridges, featuring the bridges over the river Cam.
This one was my favourite (and of others too, I think). It is covered in a wonderful level of detail.
Our next one was No. 32. Monty Rushmoo, a play on Mount Rushmore with portraits of varieties of cattle rather than presidents.
Our last new one was No. 31. Cowmono, inspired by Japanese art.
On our way back to our cars via the Grafton Centre, we took a detour along Orchard Street to see the pretty cottages and their gardens.
Then it was back to the river via the Friends of Midsummer Common Community Orchard again.
Back at the entrance to Stourbridge Common we saw our last cows of the day - some real ones!
Well that was another super day of fun and some great pieces of artwork. Thank-you Joyce for
leading us round.
You can see more details of our route
here
on MapMyWalk and more of my photos
here on Flickr and read about Part 1 here (now updated to include all the big cows we saw).
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