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 - even local resident and TV's Jennifer Saunders turns up on a horse. The riders and dogs mill around for a while, with the occasional swig of a hip-flask to eep them going, before they head up the road out of town on their foxless hunt.
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An old woman and her dog toddle up to a horse and rider for a cat |
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More riders join the throng |
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Jennifer Saunders and her rather nice horse |
A small boy on a crazy-eyed pony |
The hounds head up the High Street to the square |
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A pack of hounds |
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Horses' arses |
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Pedestrians walk between horses with some trepidation |
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Mulled wine is passed around |
The barman from the local pub wanders around collection glasses |
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A dog's-eye view of the horses |
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A horse has a laff |
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The master of the hunt announces the off |
The riders and hounds head off out of the square |
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The remaining crowds throng Chagford |
A little bit of politics |
Isobel and Sis |
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The square is covered in horse poo |
We head back towards the flat, after a beer in the pub | |
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