William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.wsj.com/lifestyle/en... Saving Public Telephony in the @wsj.comwsj.comThe Quest to Save Rural Pay Phones, 52 Calls at a TimeDriven by nostalgia—and maybe the apocalypse—an army of ‘phone spotters’ is racing against the clock to rescue the U.K.’s remote red boxes. 020 2
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The people of Mousehole are apparently stuffing their other phone box with books that the charity shop wouldn’t take. If you’re visiting please make a call out of the one with a working phone. It needs 52 calls or you’ll likely not see it lit up at Christmas 030 3
Reposted by William ArnoldTom Larkin @tomlarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We’ve spent many, many hours over the past few months searching the rock pools of Cornwall for a rainbow sea slug. Today, we finally found one! Absolutely worth all the time we’ve spent - it was truly breathtaking. 27947307 947
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 11/08/2026www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Australia gets it.theguardian.comPlaying with payphones: how the ubiquitous orange booths have been gamified by fansQuaint and often overlooked, payphones continue to provide an essential public service, with millions of free calls being placed each year 020 2
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Very disappointed I wasn’t able to pull over when it was all 222222. I can‘t imagine I’ll see 333333. 020 2
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 07/08/2026SAVING PUBLIC TELEPHONY! www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...bbc.co.ukMan makes 1,700-mile trek to help save rare phone boxA man has travelled from Cornwall to the Isle of Lewis to make 52 calls from a rural telephone box in order to keep it in service. 020 2
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I wouldn’t want to take votes away from Count Binface but kinda wishing I’d run in Clacton on a Saving Public Telephony ticket. 120 2
Reposted by William ArnoldCaught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Photographic artist @williamarnold.bsky.social is embarking on a mission to SAVE PUBLIC TELEPHONY by making a 1700-mile round-trip from Cornwall to place 52 calls from a kiosk on the Isle of Lewis — and he’s started a crowdfunder to help him on his way www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/07/savi... 086 8
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 25/06/2026m.youtube.com/watch?v=kehf... I’ve launched a vital campaign. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/saving-pub...m.youtube.comSAVING PUBLIC TELEPHONYYouTube video by william arnold 240 4
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Brittany Ferries just confiscated my Swiss Army knife. I’d had that thing 15 years and been back and forth multiple times on the ferry with it. Oddly, my large glass bottles of Breton Cidre are totally fine. What are you supposed to do if going camping as a foot passenger these days? 000 0
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Might rejoin the Labour Party to vote for literally anyone who stands against that slimeball Streeting. 030 3
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Look at this cool as f- old Alfa Romeo next to that stupidly steroidal ‘Mini’. 120 2
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 03/05/2026@cbwps.org.uk Is this your sanderling? It is a sanderling, right? Godrevy Cove, near Porthoustock, 02/05/26. There were there of them, two curlew and the usual crowd of oystercatchers. 000 0
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Can’t believe they cut to the studio before the curtain went up at the end of Wu v Vafaei. Getting to see the curtain go up is one of the highlights of the two table set up at the Crucible. That was the last chance this year. #ilovesnooker 000 0
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Quite pleased with the picture I got of this early mining bee with my phone, the kind that still has a home button. 000 0
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Saw the first swallows of the year on a walk to Brisworthy stone circle today and was very pleased to make a few calls from this free to use (domestic landlines and mobiles only) K6 in Meavy. The K6 also contained this moth which I thought was a Willow Beauty but fairly sure it’s an Engrailed. 020 2
Reposted by William ArnoldRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 10/04/2026To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds. See our website for the latest guidance: brnw.ch/21x1t4w 16652325 652
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Went to see the Mark Jenkin film Rose of Nevada and Q&A. Even I realised that people might not appreciate air time being taken with a question about whether the K6 featured in the village still had functional telephony so I looked it up when I got home, and it does. It’s in Gwinear. Good film BTW. 110 1
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Just called and someone actually picked up! They sounded a bit spun out and I was spun out that they picked up, so I just told them I wanted to check the phone was still there and working fine, which it was, and I wished them a good evening. They sounded pleased to be of service. 000 0
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I’ve logged back in to help save public telephony and to see what that bloke who does the stiles is up to! 260 6
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Multi-stile on Sittaford Tor @lakesstiles.bsky.social 010 1
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Gonna be enough copies of that Salt Path book clogging up K6 phone boxes on leafy village greens up and down the land. 030 3
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Such a fantastic championship! Obviously, I wanted someone who was playing when I was still at primary school to win it but what a player Zhao Xintong is! 010 1
Reposted by William ArnoldRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Big news from the mudflats! The UK’s oldest known Oystercatchers - aged 41 and 43 - have been discovered on The Wash. That’s three times their species’ average lifespan! Legends wade amongst us... 😎 A reminder of why the East Coast Wetlands are so special: buff.ly/rgnjIeg 641085 410
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Definitely two camps on phone box Facebook - those who like the kiosks and don’t care if they’re full of shit books and those like me who feel like the entire essence is stripped once the phone is removed. 000 0
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Took about an hour and twenty minutes, a few nice chats and a fair few straight to answerphone but that’s 52 calls made today from Zennor phone box and OFCOM can’t now let BT take the phone away. Thank you. 040 4
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Microsoft Word can’t stand passive tone, can it? It might let you have proper spellings but it basically hates real-world use of British English. 110 1
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 25/03/2025I don’t like this “leaning in”. When did people start saying it? Around the same time they started talking into the front of their phones? 000 0
Reposted by William ArnoldCider Review @ciderreview.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Jack speaks with James Fergusson about Cornwall's Vagrant Cider (@vagrantcider.bsky.social) and their use of wild seedling apples, which give their ciders unique qualities rooted in this beautiful region.cider-review.comWild are the seedlings: Introducing Vagrant CiderJack speaks with James Fergusson about Cornwall’s Vagrant Cider and his use of wild seedling apples, which give their ciders unique qualities rooted in this beautiful region. 0104 10
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 22/03/2025www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... I went on the radio to tell people about apples that have definitely sold fewer than 500 units.bbc.co.ukBBC Radio Cornwall - BBC Radio Cornwall, The Orchard that grew from discarded apple coresA new exhibition highlights an orchard which started life as discarded apple cores. 000 0
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Me from space, May 2020. A stopped clock tells the right time twice a day and Adrian Chiles wrote a moderately interesting article in the Gruan about how his dead father is on Google Street View washing the car. Well, here's me from space single handedly digging the foundations of my polytunnel. 120 2
William Arnold @williamarnold.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Just been ringing round some favourite Highlands & Islands telephone kiosks to check they’re still there. It's been a mixed bag but these two classics still ring out. Ullapool is next to the seafood shack and had no door so you might get someone to pick up. 120 2
