We tend to be in awe of foreigners in Texas. It’s like, “What the hell are you doing HERE?” I visited the UK on leave when I was in the navy. Quite an experience.
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Especially if they know it’s an “open carry” state!
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Hi Jim , welcome from me , loved to hear more about Texas,
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Well, a lot of Texans were original British!
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Welcome to a great forum Texastential.
You have chosen a great friendly and honest forum.
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Welcome - I’m tempted to say that you must know my niece but I realise Texas is a rather big place. 
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Yes Mart, good Observations, haha
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Hello Sailor…
I’m afraid it’s only Yorkshire folk who provide the interesting side to the forum Jim, it’s Gods own county…
I think you might be the first Texan to join the forum
Don’t be a stranger…and welcome to the forum…
After all the westerns I’ve watched, I must know as much about Texas as you…
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I thought that but according to google.
Most of them were shot in California with occasional distant travel for outdoor scenes that could be several days to several months. That was done in Arizona (particularly at “Old Tucson” movie sets, Utah, Northern Mexico, and very rarely further away than that in Texas (particularly at the Alamo/San Antonio set in Brackettsville), New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon, and Montana. Westerns were rarely filmed in the states the story was set in and referred to, if you know the real western landscapes it’s annoying.
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A bloke I used to work with in London in the 1960s moved to Texas, he lives in Dallas last I heard.
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One of the greatest westerns ever, The Searchers, was set in Texas, which is where the Comanches lives, yet it showed Monument Valley as a backdrop, which is where, you know, Navahos live.
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I thought I knew what Texas looked like from The Big Country but it’s all California apparently 
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Must disagree with you there OGF - the West Country is by far the most interesting part of the UK, I will grant you Yorkshire makes good tea!
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Spent many happy Holidays as a child in Brixham and then later when we had the touring caravan we just about covered all the West Country one way or another…Beautiful area of the UK for sure.
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I liked our countryside here in Scotland:
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Since we’re talking about bests, the prettiest part of Texas is the Hill Country and the most beautiful state in the USA is probably Montana, just not in winter.
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Seriously fox 
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I accept your points. For me it was home, my home. Since then I have been fortunate to have travelled a fair bit. The Cape Mointain in SA, Sun Moon lake in Taiwan, Vancouver Island, …
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Then there are the Spaghetti Westerns that weren’t even filumed in the USA, let alone Texas.
By the way, I am very good at card games, and I am especially adept at the Texas Shuffle, so called because it tecks-us so long to pick 'em up afterwards.
… I’ll get my coat.
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