BBCNEWS Witness History August 30, 2020
There was a bit of a thrill for a group of children in norway this summer when they found a message washed up on the beach, not in a bottle, but in a tiny boat. And it turns out that the little boat had been on a big journey. It set sail ten years ago from the remote scottish island of st kilda. Its a replica of the miniature boats the islanders used to send messages to the mainland. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has the story. A Summer Holiday surprise from islands far across the sea. Messages not in a bottle, but in a tiny mail boat, washed ashore and discovered by children playing...