Long before Calmac, when Colonsay’s high points were forts, and when limpets and hazelnuts were being processed and eaten under the shelter of crags, the sea was the road. For sea-faring people of the olden days Colonsay was a handy and fertile stopping place between Ireland and islands to the north; a seasonal feast for Mesolithic hunter gatherers, home for the hardy folk of the Iron Age, and then a Viking stronghold. From up high and along our coastlines you can get a sense of this. The sea stretching north to Mull and south to Islay was the road for people of the past we can just catch glimpses of through the hut circles, stones and traces they’ve left behind.