Ironman breaks endurance ironing record
Ben Walton has proved he is a real ironman - after spending 60 consecutive hours breaking the world record for endurance ironing.
The 32-year-old from Hampshire ironed 923 items in the time and was only allowed a five minute break each hour.
He started ironing on Thursday and didn't finish until Saturday evening but must now wait to hear from the Guinness World Records before he knows he will be in the next edition.
Ben broke the previous record of 55 hours and 5 minutes and says that other than getting a pain in his back the attempt went well.
He raised around £5,000 in sponsorship which will go towards buying an incubator at Winchester's Royal County Hospital.
The dry cleaner owner picked the cause because his six-month-old son, Zach, was born 10 weeks premature at the hospital in December and weighing just 2lb 3oz.
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