Duck.

One of the great stories of recent years was that of the thousands of yellow rubber ducks that were swept overboard from a container ship and then proceeded to float about the oceans of the world. Occasional news reports appeared in the papers and on television of the progress of these ducks who accidentally seemedc to have provided scientists with some quite valuable information on the course of ocean currents. I wonder if those ducks, or at least some of them, are still out there bobbing about the ocean en route to who knows where.

Anysightings of yellow ducks heading down the village leat however, should be treated as the work of pranksters, or due to the after effects of those who reported seeing them spending one too many nights in The Lamb or The Silverton, or in some cases, both. I dont doubt that other rubber items may be found in the leat from time to time but I doubt that yellow ducks will be amongst them.