The most deserted phone booth in the world…

Raynard Bagley sends this interesting photo, showing a phone booth in the North of Belgium. This old booth is steadily disappearing into a thicket of shrubs.

Most deserted phone booth?
Most deserted phone booth?

Raynard’s photo of this overgrown Belgacom booth reminded me of a photo sent in a few years ago, showing a BT phone booth around the corner from Highgate in London. This little structure looks more like a terrarium than a phone booth:

Derelict London Phone Box
Derelict London Phone Box

Public telephony is fading from prominence, but how often do you encounter such vivid visual metaphors for the situation?