Danny O'Reilly with his love message to girlfriend Aimee Whatmore

Valentine's Day gestures don't come much bigger than this one by big-hearted Danny O’Reilly.

The 25-year-old painted a 1,600 sq ft heart for girlfriend Aimee Whatmore on the Lakesview business park in Hersden.

Aimee, 25, is preparing to move to Wales to work on a holiday camp for seven months, so Danny thought he would give her the perfect send-off.

He said: "She really liked it and it was worth the effort. It took about two hours to draw the heart, which will have to stay until it fades.

"It was a bit of a different way to say what I felt about Aimee and that I would miss her."

The giant heart was a shock to Aimee Whatmore

Aimee was told to cover her eyes and taken up in a cherry picker outside the offices of Hi-Way Services, the Canterbury road marking company Danny, from Ramsgate, works for.

She said: "I was totally speechless when I saw the giant heart. How many girls can say they have received a gift like that?

"A lot of thought went it to it and, as I was just about to move away for a while for work, Danny made me feel incredibly special."