Getting Your Ducks in a Row
How a charity duck race highlighted issues in the Usk catchment
As crowds covered the bridge and lined the banks of the Usk, the annual Crickhowell Rotary duck race started to resemble a comedy sketch. Instead of cheering on the sight of 1,600 plastic ducks racing 100m down-stream to the waiting nets, the ducks stayed steadfastly in a row – at the start line.
Despite the surreal pace of the event, there actually was a nail-biting finish (relatively speaking). The leading duck, that had been several metres ahead for the vast majority of the race, stalled with barely 10 meters to go, at the exact moment half a dozen other ducks on the opposite side of the river found some water that was actually moving and ‘streaked’ past to the delight of the crowd.
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