The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

For a bit of an outing on a wet Boxing Day, we drive the few miles over to Chagford to watch the kick-off of the Boxing Day Hunt. Afterwards, it's back to Spreyton for lunch at the legendary Tom Cobley Tavern.

next album: New Year's Day and Lunch at the White Horse, Ipswich, Finningham and Brome - 1st January 2013
previous album: Christmas Day in Spreyton, Devon - 25th December 2012

The hounds ride in from Mill Street, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

The hounds ride in from Mill Street

The hounds stream past into the The Square, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

The hounds stream past into the The Square

Hounds mill around the Master of the Hunt, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Hounds mill around the Master of the Hunt

Another rider appears, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Another rider appears

Port and mince pies are handed out, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Port and mince pies are handed out

A speckly horse gets a pat on the arse, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

A speckly horse gets a pat on the arse

Riders of the Mid Devon hunt join in, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Riders of the Mid Devon hunt join in

Children crowd around the horses, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Children crowd around the horses

The hunt Master surveys the scene, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

The hunt Master surveys the scene

The crowds build up, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

The crowds build up

Hanging around outside the Spar, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Hanging around outside the Spar

Uncle Neil looks around, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Uncle Neil looks around

A horseback rum and coke, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

A horseback rum and coke

A woman looks absurd using a pooPad to take a pic, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

A woman looks absurd using a pooPad to take a pic

Fred looks up at the rain, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Fred looks up at the rain

Fred clings on to Matt for a piggy-back view, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Fred clings on to Matt for a piggy-back view

Three horses' arses, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Three horses' arses

A car squeezes through the crowd on Mill Street, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

A car squeezes through the crowd on Mill Street

The car is swallowed up by people, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

The car is swallowed up by people

Sis gets a coffee, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Sis gets a coffee

A festive scene inside the Three Crowns , The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

A festive scene inside the Three Crowns

Nice green corrugated iron on a Nissen hut, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Nice green corrugated iron on a Nissen hut

Fred splashes around in a puddle, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Fred splashes around in a puddle

Spreyton cottages, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Spreyton cottages

Isobel, Harry and Neil in the Tom Cobley, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Isobel, Harry and Neil in the Tom Cobley

Neil and Grandmother in the Tom Cobley, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Neil and Grandmother in the Tom Cobley

Harry plays with Grandmother's stick, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Harry plays with Grandmother's stick

A 'Bass on Draught' mirror advert, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

A 'Bass on Draught' mirror advert

Mother inspects the Tom Cobley's wine list, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Mother inspects the Tom Cobley's wine list

Boxing Day dinner in the Cobley, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Boxing Day dinner in the Cobley

Fred bounces about, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Fred bounces about

There's an ever-so-faint rainbow, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

There's an ever-so-faint rainbow

The view from Mother's garden, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

The view from Mother's garden

Fred looks out through a Venetian blind, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Fred looks out through a Venetian blind

Mother's new garden, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Mother's new garden

Mother has a quick chat to Isobel as we leave, The Boxing Day Hunt, Chagford, Devon - 26th December 2012

Mother has a quick chat to Isobel as we leave

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The hounds ride in from Mill Street

The hounds ride in from Mill Street

The hounds stream past into the The Square

Hounds mill around the Master of the Hunt

Another rider appears

Port and mince pies are handed out

A speckly horse gets a pat on the arse

Riders of the Mid Devon hunt join in

Children crowd around the horses

The hunt Master surveys the scene

The crowds build up

Hanging around outside the Spar

Uncle Neil looks around

A horseback rum and coke

A woman looks absurd using a pooPad to take a pic

Fred looks up at the rain

Fred clings on to Matt for a piggy-back view

Three horses' arses

A car squeezes through the crowd on Mill Street

The car is swallowed up by people

Sis gets a coffee

A festive scene inside the Three Crowns

Nice green corrugated iron on a Nissen hut

Fred splashes around in a puddle

Spreyton cottages

Isobel, Harry and Neil in the Tom Cobley

Neil and Grandmother in the Tom Cobley

Harry plays with Grandmother's stick

A 'Bass on Draught' mirror advert

Mother inspects the Tom Cobley's wine list

Boxing Day dinner in the Cobley

Fred bounces about

There's an ever-so-faint rainbow

The view from Mother's garden

Fred looks out through a Venetian blind

Mother's new garden

Mother has a quick chat to Isobel as we leave