Boxing Day hunts

Riders wait to ride out with the Quorn hunt at Prestwold Hall near Loughborough Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters Members of the Ashford Valley hunt set off from Tenderden, Kent Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images Hounds gather before the Quorn hunt leaves from Prestwold Hall, Loughborough Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters The Heythrop hunt meet in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA A huntsman from the Quorn hunt leads out the hounds at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters A rider from the Cheshire hunt in Tarporley, Cheshire. The hunt was cancelled because of bad weather Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA A huntsman holds a drink as the Warwickshire hunt gathers at Upton Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Members of the Albrighton Woodland hunt gather before the start of a Boxing Day meet at Hagley Hall, near Bromsgrove Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images