A ROLLING stone gathers no moss… while a rarely used phone box cannot deny creeping ivy.

Snapshooter Barry Quick, from Ipplepen, was distracted by the intrusive forces of nature at work in Manaton.

The strangulated payphone kiosk is set to go the way of so many of its kind as BT sweeps away its swathe of unwanted and unloved call boxes.

This poor, derelict facility has been collecting greenery and dust in equal measure at its perch between Heatree Cross and the cattle grid.

Close scrutiny of the public notice – as yet not obscured by the botanic invader – reveals that the structure’s days are limited.