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Message in a Bottle
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Reported in 'The Independant' 13th October 2006
'A six-year-old girl has caused a conundrum of global proportions after her attempts to send a message in a bottle to Norway ended up in New Zealand.
While on holiday with her grandparents on the north-east coast of Scotland, Keely Reid tossed a plastic water bottle into the Moray Firth in the expectant hope that the tide might carry it as far as the shores of Scandinavia.
However the girl and her family have been surprised to discover the bottle ended up travelling more than 20,000 miles in 47 days to be washed up on the beach of Whangamata on the north island of New Zealand.
The discarded bottle was apparently picked up by another six-year-old, James Wilson of Whangamata, who discovered the message inside and immediately wrote to Keely with proof that he had found it.
It is estimated that to find its way to New Zealand in such a short time the bottle must have travelled an average of 425 miles per day at almost 18 miles per hour.'
And that is the theme for your workshop. You must mention a message in a bottle. But it could be the song as sung by Police, or even just a message implied by what is in a bottle
Genre - Whatever takes your fancy
Short stories and articles no longer than 2500 words
Poetry no longer than 40 lines
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