Village gets hole in the wall with best view in Britain

RESIDENTS of a tiny community on Scotland's west coast are being given the chance to use a cash machine for the first time ever.

The newly installed ATM at Fionnphort on the Isle of Mull will finally put an end to the 100-mile round-trip which villagers had to make to use the nearest machine, which is 50 miles away in Salen and charges 1.50 per withdrawal. The nearest free-to-use machine is 60 miles away in Tobermory.

The new machine has finally been installed in the post office – to the delight of locals and cash-strapped tourists.

Sandy Brunton, who runs the business and the village's Ferry Shop, said:

"We are absolutely chuffed to bits. Until now, we had to travel a single-track road from one end of the island to Tobermory at the other, to be able to withdraw money from an ATM.

"It is a half-day round trip – two hours to get there, two hours back – and it cost a fortune, but people actually did it.

"Word has spread like wildfire that we have an ATM. People are coming in to see it because they think it is just a rumour. It is fair to say some locals have never used one."

He added the village, which has a population of 80, is so proud of its new cash machine that residents are claiming they now have the best view from an ATM anywhere in Britain.

He said: "As you stand at the ATM, you have a view of Iona to the west, Coll to the north and looking east you can see the island's only Munro, Ben More."