Santes Dwynwen, the Patron Saint of Lovers, Friendship and Animals
When you think of the Brecon Beacons you may think more of beautiful wilderness and army survival training than you do of romance, but way before Romeo and Juliet and their famously tragic love story set in Fair Verona, and with absolutely no balconies involved at all, there was Dwynwen and Maelon, and their less well known but equally ill-fated romance, set in the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Dwynwen and Maelon’s forbidden love and the events that unfolded after are the reason the people of Wales dedicate a whole day to love every 25th of January, and why Santes Dwynwen is the Patron Saint of ALL lovers; so you can celibate it wherever you live. ‘Two valentines days?!’ I hear you cry; sign us up. This world does need more love after all. So what went wrong?
If you are seeking a gift for your lover this Dydd Santes Dwynwen why not have a look at our gift guide below, and if you haven’t yet found that special someone and are on the lookout for love this year, just remember St Dwynwen’s most famous saying: ‘Nothing wins hearts like cheerfulness’.
Gift Guide
This rum infused, Swiss style hot chocolate with lashings of salted caramel sauce will really warm your cockles!
Luxury Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate making kit: Pembrokeshire Word Map Mug, real chocolate shavings, pot of Salted Caramel Sauce, marshmallows and a recipe card for Boozy Barti Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate.
A Cwtch In A Cup: Literally a hug in a mug, but Welsh obviously! Our Word Map Mug of Pembrokeshire and a pot of our Salted Caramel Sauce.
Luxury Body Polish: Hand Harvested Sea Salt by yours truly, organic coconut oil and essential oils whipped together to give you a soothing, aromatic and therapeutic bathing experience and leave your skin feeling smooth, moisturized and renewed. Six experiences to choose from.
If your beau loves to cook, why not gift them one of our Sea Salt gift sets?
A Little Taste Of The Sea: six vials of natural and flavoured sea salts from our Great Taste Award winning range.
A Little Taste Of The Sea: A gift box brimming with six different sea salts, many of which are Great Taste Award Winners! A great gift for adventurous foodies, traveling foodies and people who want to try everything NOW!
Three From The Sea: A trio of sea salt flavours and natural sea salt in our chef grade coarse flake, hand selected by us, and you, since there are three versions to choose from. Try our Premium flavours; Natural, Sichuan, Chilli, Wild Garlic and Pink Peppercorn, opt for our Luxury Range of Natural, Saffron and Black Truffle, or have the best of both worlds and try the range.
A Selection of three gourmet sea salts to suit any occasion.
Alternatively, sometimes saying ‘I love you’ is better ‘said’ by doing, so why not cook them a meal using one of our wonderful finishing salts?
Try our Wagyu Beef recipe with Black Truffle salted fondant potatoes followed up with our Millionaires Shortbread recipe for dessert, made with our best selling original Salted Caramel Sauce, get creative with one of the many ways to use our new Chocolate Salted Caramel Sauce.
A Little Gift With A Cwtch for a loved one. Four scented eco soy wax candles. One for each corner of your bath!
Why not show you lover how the fire still burns by getting them a scented candle gift set? Or even better, a body polish and a candle gift box so they can enjoy a candle-lit bath. With so many scents to choose from including our Pembrokeshire Sea Mist range and popular scents like Black Raspberry and Peppercorn, and Lemongrass and Ginger.
Not into naked flames? That’s ok, check out our range of Natural Reed Diffusers that will keep your home smelling delicious for up to 70 days.
All of these gifts and more are available on our website or by clicking on any of the above links for more information.
