Race Across The World 2026

[LindorDoubleChoc]

Hooray!

This is back for another series, starting Thursday.

I just googled very quickly and they set off from Sicily and end the race in northern Mongolia - sounds interesting.

I don't know anything else about it at this point, but thought that we should have a thread ready and waiting.

Not gonna lie. Margo and Mark talking about caring for her sister is hitting a bit hard

I do too!

(Maybe because my own nearly 19 year old is off backpacking with his mates and they remind me of them)

So they get given cash in sterling and they have to exchange straight away to Euro? Thought they were given the local currency at the start

I'm interested in the Irish girl as she's wearing fake tan. Wonder if she'll keep topping it up. That'd be the kind of thing I'd worry about with the palest legs that never tan.

I think they got a mix of both. That's usually what happens

These ferries are so not like CalMac ferries. And they are actually running unlike calmac ferries

Budgets flying down fast

@PotterHead1985 totally agree. I think that was covered really well. I think Margo os doing this in part to support Mark in finding a way forward in the life he finds himself living. I say this as someone who has been widowed and would have loved a Margo 😀

I like them all and I absolutely love the route.

Mark and Margo are sort of growing on me.

I hear ya. Not widowed here, but cared for my mam for 5 plus years before her death last may, so I completely get what they were saying about the caring part.

But it does seem she is being a great help to him

That's going to be a learning point for the lands in pooling resources and helping each other from the teacher.

Yes but they can take them in a foot race

The brother and sister are known to me- mother chaotic hence the number of homes. They now live with dad full time and have done for at least 5 years to my knowledge

Exactly what I've said tonight. I don't mind the backstory once but not the same story every single episode.

Spoke too soon

One for the LFC fans, one of the lads really reminds me of Trent! 🤩

They seem lovely.

It must get cheaper as they go along, surely!

Oh what it’s finished.

Oh, I hate it when they do this 🤨

I absolutely LOVED it! Even more than usual! My favourites otherwise are series 1 and South America with Jen & Robbie.

Is ‘That’s Margo’ going to be a catchphrase of the series. I can imagine Mark and his first wife saying it a lot, maybe a little disparaging.

Just notice the commentator is already abbreviating the couples. Ie ‘ The cousins’ .

I groaned.

Having never watched live before is it a once a week thing?

Yes, we have to wait until next week 😩

Going to give the podcast tv show after show a whirl