'A bad day if the lift is out of use': Life as a wind turbine worker

If the lift is out of use, it's a bad day." Tools and equipment are lifted up to the turbine by crane before technicians begin ...

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At Westermost Rough, in the North Sea, a team of workers are tasked with ensuring 35 gigantic turbines keep generating electricity.

That involves climbing the turbine towers almost 300ft (90m) high above the water, as the BBC discovered when we joined workers on a voyage to the site about five miles from Withernsea, East Yorkshire.

When we set out on a crew transfer vessel from Grimsby docks on a bright October morning, the sea is unusually calm.

"It's like a sheet of glass," says our pilot Peter Gracey as he looks out across the calm sea.

Westermost Rough is operated by Orsted and can generate enough electricity to power more than 180,000 homes.

As we approach heading north from Spurn Point, at the tip of the Yorkshire coast, the turbines are standing still.