Life and Times at The Green Dragon

Dragon Life and Times

The Green Dragon, Flaunden, Hertfordshire, HP3 0PP. Tel: 01442 832269. Website creation: Mike Barnes. Text & original photography: David Sowter.

A focal-point for traditional rural pursuits

Epitomising a centuries-old,

constantly-repeated scene

recognised world-wide as being

as quintessentiqally English as

roast beef, huntsmen and

women assemble at a rural

village inn.

For the village pub has always

been a natural meeting-and-

focal-point for traditional rural

pursuits’ activists and

supporters alike.

Here, some of nearly 100 members of

the Vale of Aylesbury Hunt gathering on

a crisp, bright, still December morning a

the Green Dragon, Flaunden, to enjoy

seasonal delights such as mulled wine,

sausage rolls and mince pies astride

their mounts before setting out for a

day’s hunting across the Hertfordshire

and Buckinghamshire countryside.

And during the game shooting season,

the Dragon’s Tap Room is where

groups of guns, beaters and their eager

working dogs meet to relax and refresh

after long - and hopefully productive -

mornings in the field.

Octogenarians Dick & Betty

Meakins still make a 30-mile

round-trip to the Dragon

Obvious links between high-

profile rock music and

Flaunden village may not

readily spring to mind.

But the Green Dragon –

with a little help from Abbot

Ale – has proved to be a

perfect catalyst.