The Norwich Corporate Rubber Duck Race took place a couple of weekends ago. I happened to be in Norwich at the time and stayed to watch the corporate duck race as I saw the ducks lined up on the bridge earlier in the day while I was out looking for Go Go Gorillas!
The river was clearly moving in the opposite direction between the start and finish lines (two bridges), and they tried to pull the rubber ducks up the river, against the flow of the river. (The wind probably did not help matters.) In the end, they had to restart the race.
After the corporate race, a smaller race with raffle-ticket rubber ducks was held, but I did not stay to watch this. The corporate ducks were auctioned off at the beginning of the month. The proceeds went to a local charity.
The ducks are helped down the river
A canoe designed like a duck rows ahead of the rubber ducks
The ducks are dragged down the river as the wind/current pushes them in the wrong direction
A close-up of some of the rubber ducks
Ducks
The ducks are pulled down toward the finish line
The selection of creative rubber duck designs included a Minnion from the film Despicable Me, Spock from Star Trek, Darth Vader from Star Wars, Super Mario from the video game, an ice cream cone, a 1970s disco duck, and additional ducks decorated with corpoate designs. A few of the designs of the ducks that I saw on the bridge are below.
A selection of the different and creative duck designs
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