It seems that Sir Peter Viggers should in fact be praised for his moderation.
The Telegraph, ever keen to enlighten us, has published a gallery of available duck houses, including the 'Inniskilling' pictured above (rather incongruously on dry land), which retails for an eye-watering £2,291.25. Don't you just love the patriotic little flag?
One thing does strike me, though, which is that a man who buys little houses for his ducks and spends a fortune on manure is a man well-rooted in his surroundings and unlikely to sell his taxpayer-subsidised home for a fat profit in the near future.
Check http://www.inniskilling.com/ and look at the castle in the badge. This is the badge of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. These chaps, as I recall, were not people to be taken lightly.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Demetrius:
ReplyDeleteThere's something faintly surreal in commemorating this august regiment in a castle for ducks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inniskilling_Fusiliers
The most poignant aspect of the whole duck saga is that they didn't even like the little house.
Stlii, Viggers can probably now sell it for a fortune on Ebay.