We had heard that The Golf Club at Newcastle had a wonderful spot high on a hill that featured the city of Seattle in the distance, framed by Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. Last year when we drove up to take a look, I took this photo of a Barrat horse being led over to meet the wedding party. With the blue skies and picturesque setting, this scene felt like a magazine shoot
The guests were arriving for the wedding and I hurried out of the way. Near our car, we talked to a groundskeeper who said that we really needed to come back at sunset to hear the bagpipes. Wait, what?
Return we did, on a beautiful summer night in late August. We arrived around 6 o'clock and found a table in the club bar. There is also another pub restaurant called the Wooly Toad on the second floor.
After we ordered hamburgers and a salad, we walked out onto the terrace in time to see the bag piper arrive.
It was too good to be true. A clear night, a beautiful view and the time to enjoy it. Did I mention that it happened to be my birthday? I think I can get used to celebrating in the Pacific Northwest.
This scene caught my breath. I was on top of the world at the Golf Club at Newcastle when this scene appeared. The golf club was hosting a large wedding and this horse, dressed in its finery, had arrived for the Baraat, the groom's wedding procession. I had taken a photo earlier (below) to capture the horse's elaborate headdress. We were in our car, about to leave the parking lot when this noble scene appeared in front of us.
Seeing this procession to the wedding party, with the expansive natural backdrop, felt like the opening moments in a grand film.
