Clodagh blain

Does the abundance of rowan berries really forecast snowy days and a hard winter, muses Tessa Waugh , as a home meet draws people of all ages, stages and pre-dawn routines

Tessa Waugh wonders whether lingering in Downton Abbey waking dreams might be more enticing than rousing two teens for autumn hunting, but finds herself pleasantly surprised

Can you hunt hounds and race-ride? How compatible are the two sports – and can you fit both in? Tessa Waugh finds out

David Barker’s skills as a horseman were equalled by his proficiency when carrying the horn, Alastair Jackson explains in the latest of his series about great huntsmen he knew personally

Autumn trail-hunting has arrived, but Tessa Waugh is more concerned with matters closer to home as her husband is “replaced” with a terse stranger on her first morning back out

Two views of the same country