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Somerset village preparing a wake…for a duck

Published 21:15 27 May 2015 BST

Tom Victor
Somerset village preparing a wake…for a duck

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It sounds like something straight out of the Simon Pegg film Hot Fuzz...

Residents of a village in Somerset are preparing to lower flags to half mast and hold a wake for a local duck. That's right, a duck. But Desmond Drake is not just any duck, having lived in the mill pond in the tiny village of Compton Martin, near Bristol, for his entire 25-year life. https://twitter.com/jamesrowden/status/358130873410932737 The Bristol Post reports that a wake will be held in village pub The Ring O'Bells, celebrating the life of a bird who pond owner Andrew Griffiths says "has brought much joy and happiness to people of all ages". We'll just have to hope none of the locals get into a flap about the decision...

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Somerset village preparing a wake...for a duck