17 August 2021

Mad As A Hatter

After a couple of days at home recovering I made the short trip up the M1 to Luton and their Big Trunk Trail, my last Trail of the holiday. 30 Elephants sited across the town and in parks to the north and south. To minimise walking I decided to park up at the southerly parks and get the Elephants there before heading in to town, […]

16 August 2021

Haring Along The Coast

It’s quite a long drag south through East Anglia from Norwich to the Essex coast but that is the journey we made to take in the next Trail, Hares About Town in Southend. This was another new Trail town for me, and the objective was to see the thirty hares that ran along the coast and up through the town. I figured that parking out […]

16 August 2021

“Jurassic Park!”

If you read that title to yourself in an Alan Partridge voice then you are well on your way to knowing that my next destination was Norwich, and it’s GoGoDiscover trail, the third to be held in the city and this time featuring 21 T Rexes. This is part one of a trail that is destined to continue next year, and is being held at […]

12 August 2021

Mooving On

After a day at home it was time to start on the next series of trails. First stop was Cambridge for Cows About Cambridge. Officially 41 Cows together with the usual mini statues, but there are 3 more full size Cows that have been decorated as part of community projects so I decided to include these and look for 44. Cambridge city centre is quite […]

11 August 2021

You’ve Got Some Sauce…

A leisurely drive south west brings me to another city where I have never done a trail, although they have held one previously, Worcester and Worcester’s Big Parade, 31 Elephants around the city. I say 31 as that is what is listed on the website and app, but it turned out to be 30 Elephant sculptures and 1 art installation highlighting mental health issues, or […]

11 August 2021

We Have Lift Off

Another day, another city. This time a short hop across the East Midlands to Leicester for Rocket Round Leicester. This was the first time I had done a trail here, but having friends who live there I was familiar with the city. At least that’s what I thought. Given that the National Space Centre is in Leicester they had gone with Rockets as their choice […]

8 August 2021

A City Ramble

After leaving the hotel we headed to the area around the Botanical Gardens to pick up the four remaining bears before we set off south for our next trail. In around an hour we were arriving in Derby, home of the Derby Ram Trail. Derby is a city I am familiar with, having done numerous enjoyable pub crawls, but it was the first time I […]

6 August 2021

Bear Necessities

Lincoln done. Time to move on. To Sheffield. This year the city is running the Bears Of Sheffield trail, 61 bears spread far and wide. This is the second trail I will have done in Sheffield following on from the Herd Of Sheffield back in 2016. Like last time the trail isn’t confined to the city centre, there are many sculptures on the outskirts – […]

2 August 2021

Impish Behaviour

So it’s the start of the holiday and the first target is the Lincoln Imp Trail. This will be my third time visiting Lincoln for an art trail, but this time there are not only 30 Imps around the city but there is one outlier. I opt for the logical move, pick off the outlier before heading in to Lincoln for the main event. After […]

24 July 2021

A Holiday? Really?

Yes. Well maybe. As listed elsewhere on the site there are a number of Public Art Trails around the UK this summer, and given the complete lack of a holiday for over a year, not sure why, I figured that this was a good enough reason to make plans. I have decided to concentrate on 10 of the trails in England and so planning has […]