The hunt starts gathering in The Square
A Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2007
It's the day after Christmas, and in a nod to the tradition of hundreds of years, a hunt assembles in Chagford's main square. Most of the town seems to turn up to watch the colourful occasion and many are joining in, including local resident and TV personality Jennifer Saunders. The riders and dogs mill around for a while, with the occasional swig of a hip-flask to keep them going, before they head up the road out of town on their foxless hunt.
next album: A Post-Christmas Trip to Orford, Suffolk - 29th December 2007
previous album: Matt's Allotment and Meldon Hill, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2007
An old woman and her dog have a chat
A horse on North Street
The woman and dog wander off
More riders join the throng
A nice horse on The Square
A rider arrives in colours
Jennifer Saunders and her rather nice horse
A small boy on a crazy-eyed pony
The scene in the square
The hounds head up from Mill Street
Horses skitter as the hounds howl
The pack of hounds
Horses' arses
Pedestrians gingerly walk between horses
Mulled wine is passed around
A barman collects glasses
The hounds mill around, excitedly
A rider with a glass of mulled wine
Looking up to a horse
A dog's-eye view of the horses
Someone gives the hounds a bit of attention
The hunt hangs around waiting
A fire engine squeezes through the crowds
A horse looks back
A horse has a laff
A load of horses outside the Spar
A Member of the Field announces the off
The whipper-in leads the hounds off
The hunt heads off
The hunt disappears up Mill Street
There's a big turn out
The remaining crowds throng Chagford
A mass of people on Mill Street
A little bit of politics
Isobel and Sis
People drink beer outside Webber and Sons
The square is covered in horse poo
We head back towards the flat, after a beer in the pub
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The hunt starts gathering in The Square
The hunt starts gathering in The Square
An old woman and her dog have a chat
A horse on North Street
The woman and dog wander off
More riders join the throng
A nice horse on The Square
A rider arrives in colours
Jennifer Saunders and her rather nice horse
A small boy on a crazy-eyed pony
The scene in the square
The hounds head up from Mill Street
Horses skitter as the hounds howl
The pack of hounds
Horses' arses
Pedestrians gingerly walk between horses
Mulled wine is passed around
A barman collects glasses
The hounds mill around, excitedly
A rider with a glass of mulled wine
Looking up to a horse
A dog's-eye view of the horses
Someone gives the hounds a bit of attention
The hunt hangs around waiting
A fire engine squeezes through the crowds
A horse looks back
A horse has a laff
A load of horses outside the Spar
A Member of the Field announces the off
The whipper-in leads the hounds off
The hunt heads off
The hunt disappears up Mill Street
There's a big turn out
The remaining crowds throng Chagford
A mass of people on Mill Street
A little bit of politics
Isobel and Sis
People drink beer outside Webber and Sons
The square is covered in horse poo
We head back towards the flat, after a beer in the pub