William Arnold travelled 1,700 miles to a remote phone box and made 52 calls; the usage protected it for another year

William Arnold travelled 1,700 miles to a remote island to save one of the United Kingdom's most remote phone boxes. He drove all the way from the hamlet of Einacleit on the Isle of Lewis to phone a string of contacts from the kiosk.The aim of his strange trip was to make enough calls to meet Ofcom criteria for keeping the phone box operational for another year. “I made 52 calls from the remaining connected double-door BT kiosk at Einacleit. BT won’t be able to legally remove the phone now for at least another year," he said as per The Sun.“Nice to see it with a fresh coat of paint and the call quality was excellent. Charges are incredibly steep for mobiles though. They should probably come and get that £36 in the coin box too,” he added.Arnold, an artist, began his project by identifying kiosks in Outer Hebrides as being in service. He cross-referenced them against local council documents containing their phone numbers and he established that the lines were still connected. The double-door K6 kiosk he found in Einacleit is a rare variation of the iconic British red telephone box, custom-fitted with double doors to withstand severe gales.Interestingly, he worked out he needed a min...