One or two rubber ducks down at the Pennings
The Eye Scouts Duck Race, The Pennings, Eye, Suffolk - 24th September 2016
Fred's Beaver pack are involved in the annual Duck Race, down on the river at The Pennings just outside Eye. The objective is to unleash a pile of numbered plastic ducks, with the first across the finish line being the winner. At least this year the ducks actually head downstream: the river is not exactly the raging rapids of the Zambesi in full flow, and in some years a gentle mis-directed breeze has been enough to blow the ducks up the river the wrong way.
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previous album: Fred's Birthday Bicycle at Madgett's, Diss, Norfolk - 23rd September 2016
Isobel and the boys roam around
Scout fair action
The Mayor of Eye poses for a photo
Numbered ducks
Fred does some archery
Fred gets a lesson in archery
An arrow flies
Isobel gives it a go
Isobel lets another arrow loose
Isobel helps Harry to have a go
The ducks are collected up
The ducks are ready to load into the river
A blockade of ducks
Local estate-agent Simon Harrison starts the race
Merlin lurks with a megaphone
The ducks drift downstream
Stray ducks are picked up
Some stragglers are lobbed up the river
Isobel near the mayor
Harry's got pirate face paint on
The ducks are helped along
The crowd waits at Abbey Bridge
The winning duck reaches the finish line
Runners-up drift along
The crowds look on
The pack of ducks moves up to the finish
The ducks are all picked out of the river
Fred runs about
It's the fish-for-a-duck game
Harry fishes for yet more ducks
Harry picks a prize from the box
The gang queue for ice cream
Merlin announces something
The mayor shakes the hand of a prize-winner
The mayor hands out prizes
Merlin's on a loudhailer
Isobel and Harry on a picnic blanket
The Eye Karate tent
A ball game occurs on the Eye Karate stall
Fred runs around on the bales
Harry plays cards for sweets
The ducks are bagged up
Isobel wanders back past the church
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One or two rubber ducks down at the Pennings
One or two rubber ducks down at the Pennings
Isobel and the boys roam around
Scout fair action
The Mayor of Eye poses for a photo
Numbered ducks
Fred does some archery
Fred gets a lesson in archery
An arrow flies
Isobel gives it a go
Isobel lets another arrow loose
Isobel helps Harry to have a go
The ducks are collected up
The ducks are ready to load into the river
A blockade of ducks
Local estate-agent Simon Harrison starts the race
Merlin lurks with a megaphone
The ducks drift downstream
Stray ducks are picked up
Some stragglers are lobbed up the river
Isobel near the mayor
Harry's got pirate face paint on
The ducks are helped along
The crowd waits at Abbey Bridge
The winning duck reaches the finish line
Runners-up drift along
The crowds look on
The pack of ducks moves up to the finish
The ducks are all picked out of the river
Fred runs about
It's the fish-for-a-duck game
Harry fishes for yet more ducks
Harry picks a prize from the box
The gang queue for ice cream
Merlin announces something
The mayor shakes the hand of a prize-winner
The mayor hands out prizes
Merlin's on a loudhailer
Isobel and Harry on a picnic blanket
The Eye Karate tent
A ball game occurs on the Eye Karate stall
Fred runs around on the bales
Harry plays cards for sweets
The ducks are bagged up
Isobel wanders back past the church