As winter relinquishes its grip, Tessa Waugh enjoys a copybook meet, with convivial chat, springy turf and good sport – while the real hunting aficionados demonstrate their teleporting skills

Tessa Waugh tries to distance herself from a fledgling romantic relationship, and while her needy steed doesn’t quite play ball and threatens to disrupt the proceedings, the lovebirds couldn’t care less

The relentlessly positive spirit of the VWH hounds and their huntsman is infectious during a good day’s sport

Fuelled by Percy Special in the hip flask, Tessa Waugh ventures a little way south for a New Year’s Day treat of a meet, with a reassuring atmosphere straight out of the reels of Pathé film

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