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image captionRosa Dunstan and her brother Reggie holding Charlie Martin s message
An eight-year-old girl has found herself a pen pal after tracking down the sender of a message in a bottle.
Rosa Dustan discovered the letter from Charlie Martin, six, from Cornwall, while walking on South Milton beach in Devon with her family.
Mum Laura Dustan was amazed to find the message, which survived about 70 miles by sea from Porthcurnick beach.
Charlie said he started sending the messages after learning people in the olden days did not have phones.
He explained the message was thrown into the sea on 23 January while he walked with his sister and grandparents.