A huge thank you for all your poems. Congratulations to Neil Porter for winning a slot on the front page of our 2010 calendar with this lovely little verse;

From seed to chip
Produced with care
Tasty flavoured
Crunchy fare
On their own
Or with a dip
You just can’t beat
A Tyrrells chip

The bumper crop of poems really made us smile. The creators of the first 30 poems to arrive in our inbox each receive a free box of Tyrrells Winter Seasonal Potato Chips and a free calendar. Click here to see the results!

Best of British
We’ve had thousands of ‘What Puts the GREAT in Great Britain for your entries to date – you’re a creative, sensitive, proud, funny, imaginative lot aren’t you!?  We’ve got wonderful British themed prizes to give away each month, in return for your definitions of ‘Great Britishness’. Some of our favourites this month include;

o  The treasure hunter that found Iron Age Gold in a farmer’s field!’
o  The West Coast of Scotland’s scenery
o  MacMillan Nurses
o  A bet on the ferret racing at a village fete.
o  Joanna Lumley
o  The Great British Spud with Heinz Baked Beans

We’ve got a super January prize for you – two weekends away in Pembrokeshire, with accommodation in Alastair Sawday recommended B&B’s, £50 worth of outdoor gear vouchers and some OS maps to keep you on the right paths.

Grass Sledge
What is it about our country and snow? It arrives, we dust off the sledge, it’s all amazing for about an hour, and then we’re left with muddy slush at the bottom of our wellies. This year, you can enjoy the fun of sledging all year round with this special ‘Grass Sledge’. We’ve teamed up with the Glenmore Mountain Shop to give you the chance of winning this wonderful sledge, plus a whole load of other sledging goodies…including bobble hats, woolly socks and Bermuda shorts (yes, summer sledging is in with this beauty). We think it looks like a whole load of fun, so enter now and if you win…please send us a video.

Win our grass sledge!!

The Privet People
Thank you James Herring for sending us his photo of the Privet People. ‘Spotted a bag of Tyrrell on your travels recently? Send us a photo and we’ll send you some free potato chips.

Tyrrelling privet hedge...

What else is new at Tyrrells?
Our limited edition Turkey & Chestnut Stuffing Potato Chips in Waitrose….Tyrrells online gift shop is nearly finished (January launch…woohoo)…. 20% off Tyrrells in participating Farm Shops & Delis around the country until December 31st……Jess Williams from Customer Services had a baby girl called Nevaeh….our friend Alex at P&O ferries was crowned Tyrrells Indoor Potato Growing Champion 2009…..we’re all off to down to Hereford for our Tyrrells Christmas party on December 11th ….and we’ve all managed to gain on average 2 pounds in the pre-Christmas Party Tyrrells weight loss challenge.

We’ll try and squeeze in a final little news update before the year is out, but in the mean time, have a wonderful Christmas. Thanks for all your support, from all of us at Tyrrells Court Farm.