Cleaning Your Local Castle

Cleaning Your Local Castle - "Strong arms and a supple neck are vital requirements for this job."

St Michael's Mount windows undergo a spring clean before re-opening: Window cleaners from Mousehole were tasked with giving St Michael's Mount a spring clean The windows of an iconic West Cornwall landmark were given a spring clean before it re-opened to the public last weekend.

The day before the public were allowed back inside one of Cornwall's most famous castles, Crystal Clear Cleaning, based in Mousehole, sent a team of three dedicated cleaners to take on the all day job.

The team had to have a head for heights, as the castle's highest window is approximately 50 foot from ground and a further 250 foot above sea level. They took their equipment across the cobbled Causeway in the early hours of Saturday March 12 and used specially purchased 60 foot long poles to carry out the momentous task.

A spokeswoman for St Michael's Mount said: "They cleaned most of the 174 castle windows, which take quite a battering over the year from the salty wind. "Strong arms and a supple neck are vital requirements for this job."

The Fastest Woman Window Cleaner

A woman from Cornwall has reclaimed her title as the world's fastest female window cleaner. For some people window cleaning is right at the bottom of their list of things they enjoy doing, along with ironing! But for Debbie Morris from Hayle the task has become a big part of her life. Debbie Morris is so fast at window cleaning that she 'cleaned up' the competition, beating many men in the process. Debbie Morris is the world's fastest woman window cleaner. In a big competition she wiped four seconds off her own record. Debbie can clean three large windows in just 17 seconds! The famous George Formby song 'When I'm cleaning windows' jokes about the sights you can see when you're working on those panes of glass. Debbie admits she's seen some interesting sights but she's not giving anything away. In the meantime Debbie is preparing for her next big competition. Blink and you'll miss her as she cleans those windows in Hayle.

Watch more of Debbie below..

It seems the only contender in the womens category is Marianne Pettersson (below) From Sweden who in Reno, Nevada, USA at the IWCA convention this year, managed the incredible time of 15.7 seconds. But without an Guinness official it can't be entered in to the record books. Perhaps we'll see a head to head at next years Federation of Window Cleaners show?