There’s a last-minute change of huntsman for the Bedale opening meet, and hounds do their very best in less-than-ideal conditions

FITZWILLIAM (MILTON) 5 November Edited by Catherine Austen ...

The smell of mud and hot horses in a freezing downpour elevates the spirits, while the eventual toe-thawing in the shower is a cause for jubilation, finds an undaunted Tessa Waugh

Going hunting without your own hunter is an increasingly popular choice for a range of reasons, finds Lucy Higginson

● A couple of miles inland from the ...

Until just after 10pm, it was a normal Saturday night at The Spaniard’s Inn on Hampstead Heath. Glasses clinking, the background radiation of chatter and high spirits, staff dashing to and fro because