{"id":5324,"date":"2021-08-30T19:29:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T18:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/?p=5324"},"modified":"2021-08-30T19:29:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T18:29:36","slug":"duck-races-excitement-on-bank-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/duck-races-excitement-on-bank-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Duck Races – Major Excitement on Bank Holiday Evening !"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bank Holiday Monday – 30th August 2021 – saw intense excitement at the annual Packington Duck Race, when the coulmn of leading ducks stalled at the last ten metres of Gilwiskaw Brook – slowed, then reversed by a strong breeze from the South! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duck Steward Chris Miles had been following the leaders, and using his microphone to inform the large audience of excited children – and excited adults too – of the running order of duck numbers, but the sudden reversal caused astonishment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually a winning coterie of several huddled-together ducks crossed the finish line, and thus the Winning Numbers in Race One were: 133, then 140, third 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n