Oh Give Me A Home, Where The Waterfowl Roam – 5 Houses With Duck Ponds

In the midst of the whole MPs’ expenses row it seems two particular cases have caught the public imagination (and fired their ire).

First it was the fantastically ‘up-yours-plebs’ moat cleaning claimed by Douglas Hogg and more recently it’s been the Duck Island purchased by Sir Peter Viggers.

The Twittersphere was all over it. First, @CountryLifeProp tweeted one of their archived articles on duck islands:

How to create a duck island a la Sir Peter Viggers post from our archive http://ow.ly/89RI

And then the @guardianeco posted a very cheeky:

Must-have duck houses for every budget http://tinyurl.com/qrzsmv

Well we couldn’t very well just stand by and watch, could we, what with our airborne canards logo and all? So we’ve donned our waders, pulled out the pondweed and proudly present:

5 Houses with Duck Ponds

5 bedroom house for sale: Rural Smarden, Kent

3 bedroom detached house to let: The Stables Tillycorthie Udny, Ellon, Aberdeenshire

4 bedroom house for sale: Killin, Stirling

Country House for sale: Montreuil Sur Mer, Pas-De-Calais, Nord Pas de Calais, France

2 bedroom flat for sale: Byron Close, Leicester, Fleckney, Leicestershire

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