I’ve just got hitched but we’re spending our honeymoon cleaning the bogs at Glasto – it’s better than the Maldives
MANY people fly away for a romantic beach holiday for their honeymoon - but not everyone is newlyweds Chelsea and Jake Taylor.
The Newcastle-based couple got married last week and decided to spend their honeymoon scrubbing toilets at Glastonbury.
As part of the festival's 'loo crew', they're required to do four six hour shifts from Wednesday to Sunday cleaning the loos.
Glastonbury toilets are renowned for being some of the stinkiest loos around, but the couple insist they're "not as bad as everyone thinks".
Whilst on shift they'll be scrubbing the toilets with strong disinfectant and a mop, disinfecting the sinks, litter picking and restocking hand sanitisers.
Chelsea, 29, said: "It's actually really fun. You get to speak to loads of people because people are so intrigued and shocked at what you're doing.
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"I've been to quite a few festivals and I can quite confidently say that Glastonbury has the cleanest ones.
Volunteering at the loos there just feels a lot more adventurous than going to the Maldives or something.
Groom Jake Taylor
"You have to do four shifts so you get a whole day off one day which is great.
“You still get to see loads and fully experience Glastonbury whilst contributing in a different way.
“We like to be adventurous and do things a bit differently, the idea of a standard honeymoon didn't quite fit our personalities.”
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The pair got married officially last week and also tied the knot in a traditional handfasting ceremony at Glasto on Wednesday.
According to "Handfasting is an ancient Celtic ritual in which the hands are tied together to symbolize the binding of two lives."
Chelsea and Jake, who are both doctors, decided against the idea of a traditional honeymoon to help out WaterAid.
They insist they’d prefer scrubbing poop to going to the Maldives.
Jake, 30, added: "It's not as bad as people say.
“We didn't bother trying to get paid tickets because we both knew we'd rather do it with WaterAid.
"We get to stay in a campsite with other volunteers and have food provided on shift as well which is a bonus."
Chelsea continued: "It's a funny story because we actually met talking about WaterAid at a charity social at university in Newcastle.
"It's like destiny to be cleaning toilets for them on our honeymoon.
"People are very shocked when we tell them what we're doing for our honeymoon.
''Most people's response has been to ask whether we're glamping.
"Water Aid's mission means so much to us and when you're in Glastonbury it's like another world, you feel so happy.
''We wouldn't want to honeymoon anywhere else.”
The couple also volunteered with WaterAid last year together and enjoyed it so much they wanted to return this year.
Jake added: "We always joked about meeting through toilets and WaterAid - I even mentioned toilets in our wedding speech.
"We timed our wedding to coincide with Glastonbury.
“Volunteering at the loos there just feels a lot more adventurous than going to the Maldives or something.
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"People think we're crazy and say it's the most unusual honeymoon they've ever heard of - but it's definitely not as bad as you'd think."
Whilst they're not busy cleaning the toilet facilities the honeymooners are looking forward to seeing Elton John and enjoying their romantic Glastonbury honeymoon.
