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Goodnight – Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: Piccadilly Circus on the farm *H&H Plus*While channelling her inner Enid Blyton farmer’s wife persona, Tessa Waugh takes a break from fruit-cake baking to ride out her holidaying horse and discovers his old habits die hard
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Goodnight – Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: They breed them tough here *H&H Plus*The horses from down south are shivering, but the lockdown veg patch is flourishing, says Tessa Waugh, pondering if she should have been more honest with a friend seeking their first hound puppy
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Goodnight – Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: prosecco for elevenses *H&H Plus* -
6 ways to get the perfect portrait painted of your horseHaving your favourite steed immortalised in a painting is up there on most horse owners’ wish lists. We find out how to go about it — and the pitfalls to avoid
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Goodnight – Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: A hound called Boris? *H&H Plus*Tessa Waugh muses over topical options for naming hound puppies during the pandemic, while the constant need to feed the brood sends her daydreaming about her granny’s scones and brandy snaps
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‘You need a skin like a rhino’: H&H talks to Countess Goess-Saurau MFH *H&H Plus*From peace rallies to being wedged in a tree, Countess Goess-Saurau has learnt that an MFH’s life is certainly varied, as she tells Tessa Waugh
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Goodnight – Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: ‘I was like a demented collie’ *H&H Plus*Even home-schooling her six-year-old is a breeze compared to helping with the sheep, finds Tessa Waugh, after a chaotic morning inadvertently disconnecting lambs from their rightful mothers
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Goodnight – Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: A new etiquette *H&H Plus*While the housebound schoolchildren develop new enthusiasm for their ponies, Tessa Waugh finds herself thrilled and chastened by her weekly escape to the supermarket
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Goodnight – Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary *H&H Plus*The farming season is at full tilt with youngstock arriving, as Tessa Waugh enjoys a morning herding renegade calves and channelling her inner rejoneadora
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Goodnight – Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: The new normal *H&H Plus*
While her own restrictions pale in comparison to others’ hardships, Tessa Waugh rues the days she cut the postman’s banter short as she yearns for just 10 minutes of idle chatter
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Goodnight — Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary *H&H Plus*
Life in one of Britain’s most sparsely populated counties is always an exercise in social isolation, but Tessa Waugh comes to terms with the ongoing effects of the global health crisis
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All in a day’s work: The equestrian volunteer *H&H Plus*Teaching and “giving back” to organisations like the Pony Club has been a way of life for point-to-point trainer Doreen Calder
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Goodnight – Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: A roll-up on the go *H&H Plus*
Some people are just natural horsemen, says Tessa Waugh, as an old friend joins her for a day’s hunting and proves as (irritatingly) brilliant as ever – rocking an Edwardian nagsman look
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Goodnight — Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: We must be mad *H&H Plus*Best-laid plans are scuppered, but the hardy few who brave the sleet are rewarded with a great day – while Tessa Waugh’s mother provides the gold standard in plucky perseverance
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Goodnight — Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: Trailer seeks quieter life *H&H Plus*Tessa Waugh contemplates a new job for her beloved ancient trailer, after a series of misadventures eventually culminates in a loud bang and a missing door en route to a meet
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Goodnight — Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: Rare cause to conga *H&H Plus*
Tessa Waugh reflects on a season blighted by storms, rain and injuries to horse and human — but is buoyed by a new horse from down south, who is taking to hill life like the proverbial duck
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Goodnight — Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: ‘An ill wind bloweth’ *H&H Plus*A great day following hounds is thwarted by a trip to A&E after daughter Mary endures a crashing fall on the flat, leaving Tessa Waugh contrite about ignoring her instincts
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Goodnight — Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: ‘Burnsed out’ *H&H Plus*Tessa Waugh casts aside her English roots to enjoy a Burns jamboree with the hunt, to find stroked haggis, ferocious auctions and competition for a hike up Northumberland’s summit
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Goodnight: Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary — breaking an unwritten rule *H&H Plus*
Tessa Waugh considers the folly of lending her horse to her husband to hunt hounds when her charge returns late and punch-drunk — and ponders if he will cope being relegated to the field again
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Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: There’s always the quad bike *H&H Plus*Tessa Waugh’s unsentimental nature is challenged as a faithful old steed looks to have reached the end of his hunting road — signalling the end of a charmed four seasons
