The Great British Duck Race


250,000 plastic ducks took part in a ‘race’ along a 1km stretch of the River Thames near Hampton Court Palace in London this afternoon. Ducks were sponsored for £2 each with the money going to charity, and the person sponsoring the fastest duck scooping a £10,000 cash prize. The organisers hope to raise £500,000 for charity and win a place in the Guinness Book of Records by beating their own previous record of 165,000 ducks, set last year. Quackers!