The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish politics, news, history, stories and intelligent analysis from Scotland Crossing the Coulin Pass by bike
There are places in the Highlands which today seem to have no raison d’etre – places like Achnasheen and Achnashellach for instance. Achnasheen has a tourist shop and just about enough houses to qualify as a village. Achnashellach is little more than a mark on the map. Both are stops on the railway line to