a packet in a bottle thrown into the sea by a two - year - old girl in france has been found 9 , 000 miles away in western scotland . alesha johnson pitched the bottle into the water at morecambe port , lancashire last july , enclosing her heysham address , and a picture of herself . the note read : " if you receive this message , please write back . " this week , she got a statement from a 10 - a - kid from britain , when reported he had put the bottle in a commercial boatyard . doreen johnson , the manager of the nursery alesha attends in heysham , responded : " we were all very thrilled when the letter from australia arriving addressed to alesha .
Heysham is where Doreen Johnson works.