Callanish Stones

If you journey to the Isle of Lewis this is probably going to be on your list of places to visit, but why? It's because this group of Neolithic stones (4000-2500bc) is one of the best preserved examples of this genre in the UK. It's a bit like the Stonehenge of the north and locally they are know as the Calanais stones. They comprise a circle of thirteen stones which are at the centre of an overall shape of a cross, but one thing that is very different here than at Stonehenge: you are allowed to walk amongst them and touch them if you feel the need.

It wasn't all that crowded while I was there but I still needed to be patient to get a photo with no people in it. Photo 2 shows what you get if you don't wait and photo 3 is perhaps a classic black & white shot. They are harder to photograph than you would think because after all and to put it bluntly, they are simply a bunch of standing stones. Make sure you point your camera in the right direction though otherwise, as I have also shown in photo 2, you get the nearby houses as a backdrop.

It would have been nice to grab a coffee and cake at the café, but then you already know why I couldn't. But hey, only wimps need coffee and cake.Read more