Oh to be young enough to do Pony Club camp again — water fights, (character-building) falls, endless sweet supplies and new BFFs. Here are some of your highlights of summer 2017 so far...
Soham Pony Club or Thelwell?
Rain is the least of their worries…
"We spent all week worrying about the kids getting rained on and this is how they end the week!" says Morven Lawson at the Buccleuch Hunt Pony Club
Diving in the deep end
We hope that this East Cheshire Pony Club member had a spare change of clothes (and are glad that she wasn't injured in the dunking...)
No hands!
This Fitzwilliam Pony Club member puts her balance to the test
Gunning for the best turned out title?
Three-year-old Arabella gets to work on her Shetland Tilly
How do you survive camp without your sugar fix?
Romney Marsh Pony Club members embark on the traditional lunchtime picnic raid
Having fun there?
Five-year-old Rosanna Anderson looks to be enjoying her first mini camp with the Romney Marsh
The perfect partnership
Georgie Strachan, four, at her first camp with the Waveney Harriers Pony Club
New BFF?
Best pals Hattie Dickinson, five and Emily Hopper, six, at their first mini camp with the York & Ainsty North Pony Club
Game face
Five-year-old Jack Jones concentrates hard off the lead rein for camp week
Spot the celeb
Champion jockey and former Radnor & West Hereford Pony Club member Richard Johnson puts the boys through their paces at camp
Stars of the future?
Flint & Denbigh Hunt Pony Club members listen in carefully...
Uh oh!
There's a slight hiccup at the Flint & Denbigh Pony Club camp
Time to cool off
Rosie Roberts and Toffee enjoy a refreshing dip in the water after a hard day at junior camp with the Sir Watkin Williams Wynn Hunt branch
How high?
Holly Nelmes-Faint at the Essex Hunt North tackles a little (!) log
The race is on…
Things get competitive at the Quantock Pony Club
The definition of scope?
Isle of Man Pony Club members are put to the test at Kennaa Equestrian Centre
‘Dabbing’ on horseback
Caught on camera!
One for the album from the Old Berkeley Hunt Chilterns camp
Yikes!
What on earth is going on?
We have no idea, but it certainly looks like fun for the Ledbury Hunt Pony Club members...