By Isobel Williams

A woman was left shocked after her ‘ message in a bottle ‘ was sent back with an angry letter, telling her to stop littering.

Lorraine Forbes, 58, has long been sending plastic bottles with letters inside them out to sea with hopes of sparking a romantic connection with a stranger.

Her messages have received responses from as far as Holland and France over the years – but she says that they have mostly washed back up on the shores of nearby beaches.

However, Lorraine, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, recently received a “nasty” shock when one of her letters on the back of a John Lydon gig flyer came back with an angry note from a litter picker.

The letter, which came in a box full of rocks and cost her £7 to accept, read: “Please stop throwing rubbish in the sea. I

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