‘I mend cables 476ft up – and sing along to the Spice Girls’

Phil, who works over 450ft in the air, is Metro’s Unsung Hero of the week (Picture: Supplied)

Not all heroes wear capes… our Unsung Heroes series celebrates ordinary people doing extraordinary work.

Today, it’s Phil Bertelsen, 35, from Castleford, West Yorkshire, who scales towering electricity pylons to mend and maintain the cables.


What do you do?

Fix and maintain high voltage power lines that are part of the network supplying power 24/7 to UK homes.

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