On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:36:50 +0000, Norman Lynagh
wrote:

A strange story on BBCTV news a few minutes ago. It was reported that a
message in a bottle thrown into the sea in Morecambe Bay last July has
turned up in Australia. The report said it had travelled 9000 miles. I
haven't checked the distance but, if correct, that's an average speed of
about 2 knots. A bottle would, of course, travel by a meandering route
so the actual average speed would have to be higher.

I find this story very hard to swallow. I wonder if someone gave the
bottle a helping hand on the way :-)

Yes indeed. Well, the BBC eventually worked it out, too... but why on
earth it took them 24 hours to get there is beyond me!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...re/4632770.stm

"Message in a bottle 'got a lift'

Alesha Johnson got a reply to her message from Australia
A four-year-old girl's message in a bottle would have "needed help" to
get from Lancashire to Western Australia in six months, an expert has
said."

--
Dave