Race Across The World - Series 3 - The Final!

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I've started a new thread already in case I forget to do it. Might not be needed but I think there's only about 50 posts left on the old thread. Shall we say we'll start posting on this one from tomorrow (Friday 5th) ?

link to thread 1

I would have been happy if any of the teams won as they all deserved it and it really was so close. However, saying that I got tingles up and down my spine when Cathie and Trish turned the page in the book and discovered they had won, it was a very emotional moment. I heard the moment played again on the radio on the way to work this morning and got a bit teary. It really meant so much to them, it was wonderful. To think right at the beginning they couldn’t even find the way out of the park!

A wonderful series, I really enjoyed it.

The reunion programme is lovely.Watching them tu4n that page again made me well up.

I see there are cries of it being a fix - but not for the reason I thought there might be 🤔

We found Mobeen's panic in the final quite funny, he's been so chilled throughout the series so far, it was interesting seeing him finally look flustered

I found the smaller one of the women that won quite humourless, but they did have a lot to overcome to win so pleased for them.

When was the reunion on?

10.40 last night.
It'll be on iPlayer. It's just the last episode of RATW

I don’t know about “fix” but it felt more obvious the production crew had had to get involved to maybe persuade people to engage/offer lifts this time, no doubt driven by the poor public transport options.

Did anyone watch the reunion? There were a few unseen clips including locals saying that hitchhikers in some areas had to wait 7 days for a lift so they did well to get the number of lifts they all managed to do. I guess the film crew helps alleviate fears that the contestants are nutters (and vice versa!)

Yes, I'd have like a spreadsheet showing spending and earning by each couple at each checkpoint.

I've just watched the Reunion and I think it's such a shame they eliminated the brothers. I don't think a single elimination round adds anything to the programme at all really.

So so pleased for the ladies & have been avoiding the thread all day! I just identified with them so much, I’m limited mobility as well so understood the struggles but a zillion times more scary when it’s your sight.

To be fair though I’d have been happy with anyone winning, going out of your comfort zone in a foreign country & spending 24 hours a day with the same person really tests a friendship. Backpacked several years decades ago and so can relate a little to the challenges.

Well done to them all.

The more I think about it, the more pleased I am that they won. They certainly were the underdogs.

I've just been looking at the info about on the contestants on the BBC website and realise that Ladi is younger than me! For some reason I'd built him up in my head as 'the older guy who is doing really well to keep up'. He's 52 and works in fitness and is pretty much the same age as Kevin. I thought by the way he behaved that he was retired and living a slow pace of life.

I'm glad Tricia and Cathie won but I'd have been happy for Monique and Ladi to win. I wasn't so keen on Zainib and Mobeen by the end.

Strange how we all take different views of the same thing, I didnt think Ladi came across as older at all, definitely seemed to act younger than Kevin to me.

I think he tried very hard to say things that made him seem wise so maybe thats where the older vibe comes from.

I didn't mind who won in the end, they all seemed nice, but glad for the 'older' ladies. I thought it was funny how when M & Z got there second and realised C & T had won they were immediately happy for them yet M & L were hacked off! Ha, just more competitive I guess.

As for the Reunion show were there some clips not previously shown? I had the feeling I'd missed an episode somehow! In a way the brothers were a bit superfluous to the Reunion show as they didn't add much to things and were only in it for a while. At least the moody one seems a bit happier now. Also, no mention of Tricia's (?) ill husband which was a dilemma at one stage.

What became of Tricia's husband and his kidney problems?
I didn't watch the reunion show

I don't think they said how he was.

At one point in the programme it was said his kidney transplant had failed and he was back on dialysis

I would love it if they did an extra show alongside the main one that showed what they got up to in the 48 hours they get at each checkpoint or whatever it is.

Funny how Mobeen and Zainab knew they were in front of Monique and Ladi but M & L didn't know they were last.

I don't think they were annoyed they didn't win just that they were last which I can understand

There were definitely unseen moments in the reunion show as I don't remember Kevin and Claudia working at a theme park, I'm sure I'd have remember him dressing up in an animal costume!

Yes that wasn't shown

Ladi admired in the reunion that they were gutted not to win didn't he? Nice and honest!

I thought the bear costume was a lovely moment for K&C - I wonder if the rest of the work slot wasn't great or something?

I saw a news article yesterday saying that he'd sandfly become a double amputee following the kidney failure, which is such a shame!