Newcastle newly weds spend Glastonbury honeymoon cleaning toilets with water charity

Chelsea and Jake will be working cleaning the toilets at Glastonbury this year.

Romance won’t be the only thing wafting through the air for a North East couple this weekend. An excited pair of newlyweds are volunteering for WaterAid’s Loo Crew at Glastonbury Festival over the coming days.

Chelsea Clarke, 29, and Jake Taylor, 30 who live in Newcastle, got married last Friday and are spending their honeymoon cleaning the world-famous festival’s toilets with the international charity WaterAid. Having volunteered on the Loo Crew at a previous Glastonbury Festival the pair are back for more and are happy to don their rubber gloves to keep the facilities clean.

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The happy couple met at university, not long after Chelsea had been to Tanzania working on water and sanitation projects. The two both work as NHS doctors at the Royal Victoria Infirmary.

“We like to be adventurous and do things a bit differently, the idea of a standard honeymoon didn’t quite fit our personalities” explained Chelsea.

“We even timed our wedding plans so we could be at Glastonbury the week after, and we specifically chose to volunteer with WaterAid as it felt more ‘us’.”

“We love Glastonbury Festival’s atmosphere, there’s an endless list of things to do plus of course the music – I can’t wait to see Lizzo and Elton John - the Circus Field is incredible too, and we always relax in the Healing Fields." added Jake. “Our values really align with the festival and WaterAid’s focus on raising the profile of the climate crisis in terms of what we can do about it if we all join together.

“I love that when we’re working, we meet so many interesting people. The festival goers always ask plenty of questions, it enhances the whole experience for us. We share a laugh whilst at the same time, talk about something that matters to us.”

Jake and Chelsea’s duties throughout the weekend involve four six-hour sanitation shifts, starting when Glastonbury opened its gates to lucky ticket holders Wednesday, June 21, sprucing up the toilets right through until the festival closes on Sunday, June 25.