Vanessa Wright

Nature writer

Vanessa divides her time between Hertfordshire and the Hebrides and loves to write about birds, butterflies and beachcombing. She was the Runner-Up in the BBC Countryfile Magazine New Nature Writer of the Year competition in 2022.

Calanais Standing Stones walk, Isle of Lewis

Standing defiantly on the north-west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides are the Calanais Standing Stones (anglicised to Callanish) – explore this incredible 5,000-year-old arrangement of stones on an easy 2.4-mile walk