Thirty-four years ago, Emmanuelle Demeautis, then 9, was walking her dog along beach in the French coastal town of Cherbourg, when she found a message in a bottle. The note read: “My name is Adrian Lomas — I’m aged nine and live in England, if you find this letter please write to me.” Demeautis did as Lomas requested, and for the next three decades, Demeautis and Lomas were penpals. “We wrote for many years and, at one stage, we planned to meet in Tahiti but, for one reason or another, it didn’t happen.” Lomas told the Chester Leader. “However, thanks to the power of Facebook, Emmanuelle spotted that I was … Continue reading BBC