Many shops, supermarkets and schools hold a Christmas jumper day … in fact many have a Christmas Jumper month! But this story is a little different because it’s about a gritter wearing a jumper!
Yes really 😊 read on for more …
A group of knitters have spent 4500 hours making a Christmas jumper for…. their gritter called Goldie. The gritter’s job is to spread salt onto roads and pavements to stop them from getting too icy when it’s freezing outside.
And now, Goldie is going on tour – it will travel 900 miles around the UK and visit lots of schools along the way.Â
Goldie’s school tour will aim to teach kids about winter safety and road maintenance.
Goldie’s jumper and hat were put together by the Ripon Community Poppy Project.
Econ Engineering, the company that owns the gritter, said they were excited to be able to keep their vehicle warm this winter.
The jumper is a whopping 896 square feet – over half the size of an Olympic swimming pool! Stuart Martin, from the volunteer group, said: “We didn’t realise it was going to be this big!” It was put together by 35 volunteers over the course of a year, and used 1130 balls of wool.Â
Words and image from story seen here
Do you wear Christmas Jumpers?
I quite like this cheerful one 😊🎅🎄🤶
All the best Jan
