Captain Tim Ritson, cavalry officer who rode the Queen Mothers horse and had a close encounter with a monster salmon obituary – Telegraph.co.uk

Captain Tim Ritson, who has died aged 84, brought inexhaustible enthusiasm to his various incarnations as cavalry officer, farmer, fisherman and horseman.

Ritson belonged to that species of Englishman for whom taking part was the thing. Disappointments were not to be dwelt on and he had his share of those. A serious eventer in his younger days, he was selected for Great Britains team at the Mexico Olympics in 1968, only for his horse to go lame, preventing them from competing.

Later, in 2001, he briefly had visions of immortality when he hooked a monster salmon (It was like a shark) on his beloved River Brora in Scotland. After he and his ghillie had played the fish for two hours, the...

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