Anticipation builds to fever pitch as the prize-winning gimmer, flapjacks and sloe gin are prepared for the autumn show, while Tessa Waugh mugs up for some collie judging

With autumn hunting nearly over, Tessa Waugh is sad to see it go, but a house full of beagling teenagers needing constant food provides a welcome, if demanding, diversion

No horse to look after, a multi-generational community, great exercise and it costs peanuts. Tessa Waugh extols the joy of hunting with the “jelly dogs”

An online auction reminds T essa Waugh to make good on an old promise – and she’s rewarded with a stunning and enjoyable ride for all participants, including a bionic cob

It’s time for new beginnings in Tessa Waugh’s circle, as a friend finds a new steed with witchy approval and son Alec casts off his L-plates, sparking memories of her rockstar driving instructor

It’s been a long mile, trudging uphill in the rain, across uninspiring fields, past rickety ruins of long-abandoned farm buildings, mud slowly working its way up my waterproof trousers. Sometimes walk