Sign up to support the Athlete of the East project
The Hunts Post and Ramsey artist, Derek Massey, are looking for your support to get Huntingdonshire on the public art map with this stunning sculpture.
We're calling it the Athlete of the East and the plan is to build it in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics.
The huge figure of a man leaping off a pommel horse would not only celebrate the Olympics for years to come, but it could also be used to help raise much-needed cash for Huntingdon's Olympic Gym.
It would stand high on Holme Fen and, if a bid for funding is successful, would be part of the artwork being commissioned for the nine English regions.
In the East of England there is £500,000 to spend and Matthew Linley, chair of the judges for the region, has said the panel is open to suggestions.
Mr Massey's piece is inspired by Louis Smith's winning a bronze medal for the pommel horse at the Beijing Olympics last year, and also by a figure of an athlete from Ancient Greece leaping over a bull.
The pommel horse would be made of bog oak, found regularly in fields in the Fens.
Mr Massey said: "Placed on Holme Fen, where the railway train is elevated, the figure - which would be about the height of a house - would be seen through the train windows from about a mile away.
"All the thousands of passengers travelling from King's Cross to Edinburgh would see the figure and it could well enhance tourism for both Peterborough and Huntingdon."
We have until Friday, May 29 to submit the idea for funding and in the application pack we want to include all the names of people who are supporting the project.
So, if you would like to see Huntingdonshire have its own piece of iconic public art, sign up to support the project on the right.