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

When the weather is so uninspiring, participating in a sport that gets us away from our desks and doing exercise is a blessing, says H&H’s hunting editor Catherine Austen

As winter trudges on, Tessa Waugh taps into self-improvement, and finds that trail-hunting ticks all the boxes for fitness, youthful beauty and mental health without stepping anywhere near a salon

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

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

H&H’s hunting editor Catherine Austen ponders the lasting impressions that influential hunting people can make on us