Some time ago after the fiendish back garden thefts the police instructed us to keep the rear drawbridge of the Chateau permanently locked.

This meant we had to cancel our window cleaners because if they couldn't get easy access to the back windows they would only do the front and charge full whack.

Recently I got myself a 12ft pole with attachments to clean the windows myself.

But the windows have stupid little mini panes in the upper section which are too small for my squeegee.

This means I now have instead of dirty windows, streaky windows.

I shall endeavor to try again in a few days but I'm stuck with the options of running the risk of coming home to find the back yard stolen or being forever known as, "that streaky window guy"