These high-flying workers employed by National Grid Transco give a new meaning to the phrase 'having a head for heights'.
Powerful stuff
They were photographed carrying out maintenance work on power lines near Sandford-on-Thames.
Carried in metal cradles suspended beneath the conductor cables, they slowly made their way between massive pylons.
A spokesman for Transco said that although live line working was sometimes carried out, the power had been switched off before the men started their repair and inspection tasks.
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