20/05/2014

A day at the (duck) races

Sometimes I really do love Sussex and I was reminded of this last weekend when the boyfriend and I visited Storrington’s annual duck race. Where, as the title suggests, you pick a duck and then watch it race! The cute rubber ducks are £1 each to sponsor and are simply released into the river and left to race. It’s not exactly nail biting action, as they float pretty slowly (!) but was certainly a fun way to spend a sunny afternoon.



It’s held one Saturday every May in the library car park and there are car boot stalls, stalls from local shops, cakes, a bbq and live music. It’s not a massive event but has a lovely village atmosphere. All the proceeds from the duck races go to the local school, although there was a cash prize for the person who picked the winning duck (there were five heats and a final race) but sadly we didn’t get anywhere near!



Are there any quirky village events near you?
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15 comments:

  1. New Girl in Toon20/5/14 2:57 pm

    I love this .... it's so mad and British :)

    Chloe x
    newgirlintoon.co.uk

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    1. floral and feather20/5/14 9:01 pm

      Yes I was thinking 'only in Britain' as we were looking round! :)

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  2. Hayley20/5/14 4:11 pm

    Haha that is amazing. I wish my town done something like this!
    Hayley
    Water Painted Dreams xo

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  3. meghan silva20/5/14 7:54 pm

    That is so cute, we should have something like that here.

    Meg | Meghan Silva's Blog

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  4. Unknown20/5/14 8:16 pm

    This looks amazing! We took part in one when we were on holiday in Norfolk last summer- but I'm definitely putting this in the calendar for next year (it's a lot closer!) xxx

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    1. floral and feather20/5/14 9:04 pm

      It felt a bit like a giant game of pooh sticks, which I loved! :) xx

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  5. Unknown20/5/14 9:55 pm

    This is fab and I would love to have a go! What a great way to raise money for charity and it's so quirky!

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  6. Rachael21/5/14 2:06 am

    They do a version of this near where I grew up in East Yorkshire, oh us British do have crazy ways of entertaining ourselves!

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  7. BA21/5/14 9:28 am

    This sounds amazing, I would love to see it! x

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  8. Unknown21/5/14 2:54 pm

    I love this! I think there is a village somewhere, possibly Gloucester, where they roll cheese down a hill and race after it haha! My village doesn't have anything like this sadly :( Xx

    A Blonde Moment

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  9. ~ K24/5/14 1:58 pm

    This is pretty cute though, I don't remember if you have any quirky events in my hometown, I don't think so. We would normally have fates and things.
    It's always nice to donate the money to a local cause too.

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  10. duck in a dress9/6/14 10:13 pm

    Obviously I adore this! :-) We've got a river running through our high street and they used to have a duck race (almost wrote 'rave' there, now that would be interesting...) but they don't seem to run it any more.
    Local quirky events - well there's the whole of the Somerset Carnival season, that's pretty unique and we also have a Daffodil Festival every Easter in a local village. Plenty of places nearby do wassailing as well in the spring! :-) xx

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