Valentine's 2025
Why Grasmere is the place for Romantic love and unique Valentine Gifts on February 14th
Whilst love wasn’t born in Grasmere, Romantic poetry certainly was. In his famous preface to the second edition of Lyrical Ballads published in 1800, local poet William Wordsworth defined Romantic poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” stirred by the natural world; often, in his case, inspired by achingly beautiful Lake District landscapes.
Of course, in eulogising nature’s grandeur and the overwhelming emotional sensations and passions it evokes, Wordsworth mirrors the intoxicating sensibilities of lovers - not in love with nature per se but with each other. In picture perfect Grasmere, romance that intoxicates our erotic senses is readily intertwined with Romantic poetry that expresses “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” in life itself.
As Grasmere Gingerbread® is deeply associated with Wordsworth - he taught at The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop when it was a village school and is buried just a few yards away in neighbouring St Oswald’s Churchyard - it has long been associated with romantic hideaways, stolen weekends, lovers’ trysts and special Valentine food gifts.
Infused with reputedly aphrodisiacal ginger that stirs the blood and induces passion by making erogenous zones more sensitive - so much so that it is even cited in The Kama Sutra - Grasmere Gingerbread® is the romantics’ choice to celebrate romance with a personalised Valentine gift on Friday February 14.
Choose a freshly baked Valentine Heart, Valentine Chocolate Heart, Spicy Valentine Heart or special Valentine Hamper and send to your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife. A quirky Valentine Gift from Grasmere Gingerbread® will endear you to the one you love…
“The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love”
William Wordsworth
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