Looking in the mirror, I adjusted the cowboy hat on my head.
Now I look the part, I thought to myself, smiling at my reflection.
I’d come with a friend on the holiday of a lifetime to Texas, and I wanted to fully immerse myself in the country and western culture in the cowboy capital of the world.
Having grown up with horses at home in Kent, I really wanted to do the whole cowgirl thing properly.
We planned to travel around the whole state – landing on US turf back in June 2016, we visited Austin and Fort Worth before heading to a traditional southern ranch in Bandera.
The Mayan Dude Ranch was everything I’d hoped it would be.