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Canadian author bottle stunt turns up in Scotland

by mudricky | September 15, 2009 at 04:04 am

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A Canadian author who threw a bottle with a message inside into the sea was supprised when the bottle turned up in Scotland and not Canada.

The stunt was part of a book launch in 2007 for a gardening book.

He said he expected it to turn up along the cost in Torbay, Newfoundland and not 2,000 miles away on the isle of Oronsay.

A Canadian author has been reunited with a message in a bottle following its 2,000-mile, five month-long journey across the Atlantic.

Ross Traverse had expected the bottle to wash up somewhere along the coast from his home in Torbay, Newfoundland.

However, it was found by RSPB Scotland managers Val and Mike Peacock during a beach clean on the isle of Oronsay.

Mr Traverse travelled by plane, train, ferry and small boat to reach the isle off the west coast of Scotland.

He increased the $100 reward offered to the finder to $150 to help the charities involved in the beach clean.