Travellers attend the annual Appleby horse fair – in pictures

Camping on the verge, Travellers stop overnight before arriving in Appleby Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian

Travellers arrive for the fair Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Travellers exercise their cobs at their overnight stop on the last leg of their journey to the fair Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

More Travellers arrive Photograph: Rex Features

Making camp Photograph: Rex Features

Travellers wash their horses in the River Eden, in preparation for selling Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Riding bareback, and with two tethered horses, a young Traveller crosses the River Eden Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

A young boy manages to keep his horse's (and his own) head out of the water Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Traveller Milly Edwards, aged 3, poses next to the River Eden Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Jeff Nesham, 16, and 18-month-old David Briganti take a ride on Trigger Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

A rider gets wet from the spray as he rides his horse across the river Photograph: Rex Features/Rex Features

Riding bareback, young boys parade their horses Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

A young man is thrown from his horse Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Using a shift tilt lens, photographer Owen Humphreys captures the scene Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA