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| Woman gets message in a bottle reply after 23 years | Woman gets message in a bottle reply after 23 years |
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| A woman who threw a message in a bottle into the North Sea more than 20 years ago has received a reply after it was discovered in the Netherlands. | |
| Zoe Averianov, from Hebden Bridge, was 10 when she threw the note as she went on holiday on a ferry from Hull to Belgium on 12 September 1990. | |
| Over Christmas she was given a letter sent from Europe which had been posted to her parents' address. | Over Christmas she was given a letter sent from Europe which had been posted to her parents' address. |
| Ms Averianov said she was surprised at how far the message had travelled. | Ms Averianov said she was surprised at how far the message had travelled. |
| The envelope, addressed to Ms Averianov's maiden name, contained her original letter and a reply from a couple in the Netherlands. | The envelope, addressed to Ms Averianov's maiden name, contained her original letter and a reply from a couple in the Netherlands. |
| Her letter had read: "Dear finder, my name is Zoe Lemon. Please would you write to me, I would like it a lot. | Her letter had read: "Dear finder, my name is Zoe Lemon. Please would you write to me, I would like it a lot. |
| "I am 10 years old and I like ballet, playing the flute and the piano. I have a hamster called Sparkle and fish called Speckle." | "I am 10 years old and I like ballet, playing the flute and the piano. I have a hamster called Sparkle and fish called Speckle." |
| The reply read: "Dear Zoe, yesterday on one of my many walks with my wife along the dikes of Oosterschelde looking among the debris thrown by the sea of embankment I found a little plastic bottle containing your message." | The reply read: "Dear Zoe, yesterday on one of my many walks with my wife along the dikes of Oosterschelde looking among the debris thrown by the sea of embankment I found a little plastic bottle containing your message." |