A Border Terrier runs happily through a hoopers hoop (a low arch standing on the grass, open at the bottom, that the dog runs through without jumping), with another hoop and a tunnel behind it, while its owner, a woman in her forties with tied-back auburn hair and a green gilet, stands a few metres back with one arm stretched out, pointing the way.

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The Barn Dance

A wedding, late on. The band strikes up a barn dance and a caller starts shouting the moves: “Take your partner, down the middle, and swing!” Suddenly everyone’s up. The bride’s grandad, a toddler in a bow tie, the cousin who swore he doesn’t dance. Nobody needs to be fit, or any good. They just need to hear the next call.

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