Apart from unblocking drains that is. I bought a new and more flexible set of drain rods to make sweeping our chimney easier and found they make a good extendable apple picker but taping a cut off plastic bottle to one end of a rod and then attaching as many rods as is required to reach the topmost apples. Worked well.
Also considering using the full set for a spot of drey poking when the leaves drop...
Also considering using the full set for a spot of drey poking when the leaves drop...