Bottle containing the ashes of a young woman who died before she could see the world makes it as far as the Outer Herbrides - and is thrown back to continue its journey

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A message in a bottle containing the ashes of a 24-year-old woman who died before she could see the world washed up on one of the remotest parts of the UK - and was thrown back in to continue its journey.  

The pink plastic bottle contains a small amount of Laura Newman's ashes along with a note asking those who find it to get in touch with her parents.

It was placed into the sea at St Ives Bay, Cornwall, and washed up seven months later and 310 miles away on the island of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides.

A message in the bottle containing the ashes of Laura Newman (pictured) washed ashore on one of the most remote part of the UK after being thrown into the sea at Cornwall

The pink plastic bottle contains a small amount of Laura's  ashes along with a note asking those who find it to get in touch with her parents

This is the poignant note wrapped up inside the bottle. It took seven months to travel from St Ives Bay in Cornwall to the island of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides

Fisherman John Macleod found the bottle while walking along the beach with his brother

Laura, who she passed away on in August 2016, was bedbound ever since she was 16 after suffering from Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. 

The bottle was found by fisherman John Macleod while he was walking along the beach with his brother. 

The 44-year-old said: 'When we sat down and opened the bottle and saw there was a message inside we got a bit of a shock. I've never seen something like and probably never will again.

'I threw the bottle back into the sea last week to let it continue its journey and hopefully the wind hasn't just sent it back in our direction.

'It just brings amazement to everyone that it's travelled virtually from Land's End to Scalpay in about seven months.

'Everyone I've told has been amazed about it. The email address in the message was wrong but I persisted with trying out different emails until I got the right one.

'I think it's a beautiful story.

'It feels like fate that we found it out on the exact date of the 18 months on from when she died.

This is a map showing the bottle's incredible journey

After he opened the bottle and read the note, Mr Macleod threw it back into the sea so it could continue on its journey

Laura, pictured here as a youngster, developed Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy after twisting her ankle and the condition left her bedbound

Laura's mother, Fay Newman, 59, said Mr Macleod was the first person to get in touch with her. Mrs Newman scattered the ashes to fulfill her daughter's wish of travelling the world

'We found it on the beach and it was swept ashore. We sent it back out at the exact spot where we found it.

'It would be nice to hear about her for years to come.'

Laura developed RSD after twisting her ankle on holiday which caused her an extreme amount of pain.

The condition meant that Laura did not respond to rest or treatment and caused severe pain which eventually left her in a wheelchair.

She had trouble moving, eating, couldn't tolerate light, vibration or loud noise around her and her only contact with the outside world was eventually through her online friends.

Her parents wanted to scatter her ashes at all the places where she loved to travel and to put some of them in a pink bottle so she could continue her journey. 

Laura's mother, Fay Newman, 59, revealed John was the first person to get back to her.

The bottle washed up on Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides

She said: 'The email address that we initially put in the bottle was actually wrong but John was so determined to get in touch with us that he tried every possible combination he could think of.

'This is the first time someone has gotten back to us and hopefully we'll be hearing from people for years to come.

'We've looked at Scalpay online and it's beautiful. She would have loved it.

'Laura loved going to Cornwall and researching where her online friends were from but unfortunately wasn't able to see as much of the world as she would have liked.

'She made friends with people all around the world, never judging people for their beliefs, race or colour.

'She had wanted to go to university and be a doctor from an early age. She was such a caring person, she would have made a brilliant doctor.

'We know that if their is life after this one that she will strive to achieve all the things she missed out on in this life.'

The night before her death, her mother sat by her bedside and made something for her to eat before she attempted to sleep. 

The pain caused by her condition meant that she would struggle to sleep but on that fateful night she also struggled to breathe - causing both an air and regular ambulance to be called to their home.

Laura had made her parents promise to never keep her on life support and they stood by their promise.