A Cumbrian company will travel across the country to make sure the UK's most famous clock keeps time.
Clocks will be turned back by one hour on Sunday, as the country changes from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time . The Cumbria Clock Company previously spent four years restoring Big Ben, the timepiece on Queen Elizabeth Tower in Westminster. It involved cleaning, repairing and restoring more than 1,000 components, including wheels, pinions, bell-hammers and bearings, at its workshop in the village of Dacre, near Penrith.Mr Scobie-Youngs said a member of the team would start work on the clock at 18:00 BST on Saturday evening.
Working with a Westminster-based team, the lights will be turned off and the hands moved up to the 12 o'clock position."Then at one o'clock - when we know it's bang on the hour - we switch the dial lights back on," Mr Scobie-Youngs said."The clock is 160-odd years old, but it's still an incredible piece of kit, capable of absolute excellent time keeping."At 02:00 BST on 27 October clocks will go back by one hour, providing an extra hour in bed for many.