Spring cleaning at home often means decluttering and finally doing all those little jobs you have been putting off since November.

But how would you fancy donning rubber gloves 150 feet above the ground and tackling vertigo and circling seagulls as well as tricky stains?

Because that was the extreme spring cleaning that ride engineers at Oakwood Theme Park got stuck into last week Despite the chilly conditions, engineer Rob Prickett fearlessly donned rubber gloves and scaled scaffolding to reach the top of Bounce, the park’s shot and drop tower coaster.

The ride is undergoing a programme of repainting prior to the park reopening on Saturday, March 27th.

As part of the refurbishment more than half a mile of scaffolding was used to encircle Bounce and enable engineers to reach every inch of the ride from top to bottom to prime it before painting started.

Oakwood Theme Park’s Stephanie Churchard said: “Rob is extremely experienced and used to working at heights so he was the perfect candidate to be volunteered.

“To be honest I think he found the prospect of wearing a pair of my pink rubber gloves much more daunting than having to climb 150ft above the ground on the scaffolding.

“It’s certainly not an everyday occurrence for him or the rest of our ride engineers but this sort of preparation is vital in the run-up to the park reopening.

“Bounce is one of our most popular rides and, with its new coats of paint, will gleam across the rest of the park,” she added.