Sooke Day One

We caught the ferry to Vancouver Island to start our three day getaway to Sooke.

Flickr photo by William Davies 

It was a beautiful sunny day, and once there, it was time to get on our bikes and go for a ride.  I'd always wanted to see the luxury hotel Sooke Harbour House, so we set off, with that as our destination.

Much to our surprise a movie was being filmed there, and everywhere you looked there were cables, black curtains, ladders and equipment.

The entrance to the hotel

When we went around to the side, we could see that they were filming a scene on the water side of the hotel.  We were told the film was The Last Bridesmaid, and we could see the actors on the lawn.  As we watched, the bride and her wedding photographer walked from a tree to the hotel, over and over.

We watched the filming, then went inside

Inside, we admired the art on the walls, the original wood floors, and read a short hotel history.  It was built as a small hotel in 1926, and subsequent owners added on more rooms.  From the photos we saw, it looks like a favourite spot for weddings these days.

At the entrance to the elegant dining room, with a wall of windows overlooking the ocean, we were stopped by a movie person, and told that if they started filming while we were in the room we would have to exit.  But we were on the far side of the room when filming started, so we were told to stay put as yet again the actors strolled from the tree to the hotel, and we couldn't move until we heard "CUT"!

The elegant dining room overlooks the lawn and the ocean (photo by Rachel Black on Flickr)