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Race Across the World The Detour S01E01
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00:00Hi, I'm Tyler West, and this is race champion Alfie Watts.
00:03Welcome to Race Across the World, The Detour.
00:07This is your travel buddy for the show that's got us all reaching for the Factor 50.
00:10Ginger, like, I'm dying here.
00:13And witnessing a medical miracle.
00:14We just want to scratch this itch we've had for the last five years.
00:18And charming the locals with the best compliments.
00:21Your English is very good.
00:22I'm Australian.
00:23Ah, are you?
00:27We are here to explore all things race across the world.
00:31Now you can expect travel tales, travel fails, and all the big questions.
00:34Who's going to get to the checkpoint last?
00:36Who's going to make it to the end?
00:38Who's got the passports again?
00:40Plus, and this is very exciting, this bit, at the end of each show,
00:42I'll be playing you an exclusive clip that you will not see or hear anywhere else.
00:47Okay, come on.
00:48Exactly, it's very exciting.
00:49It'll be a short teaser for what's to come in episode two of Race Across the World.
00:53So today is a very, very good day.
00:55To get you into the race mood, sign your name into the book
00:58and shimmy into that modesty cocoon
01:00and help yourself to a lovely dry sandwich
01:03because you have made it to Race Across the World, the detour.
01:10Right, if you're still in Palermo and haven't quite made it to Foscado yet,
01:13then turn back because there are spoilers ahead there happening right now.
01:17Go and watch the first leg of Race Across the World Series 6 on BBC iPlayer
01:20and we'll be waiting right here for you.
01:22Now that's sorted, let's meet the globetrotters who managed to book direct transport to the detour studio.
01:29This week and every week I will be joined by a resident travel expert.
01:32He's the winner of Series 4 and frankly, a child prodigy.
01:36He's the Mozart of getting on a bus.
01:38He definitely wrote that himself.
01:40It's my younger, smarter little brother.
01:42Alfie Watts in the studio.
01:44Thank you, Tyler.
01:45Mozart?
01:46Listen.
01:46Mozart.
01:47Listen, it's true.
01:49It's not true.
01:50It's definitely not true.
01:51I don't think you can be the Mozart of getting on a bus.
01:52Yeah.
01:53But it's going in my LinkedIn either way.
01:55Fine.
01:55I've got something to say, mate.
01:56You've done the show.
01:57Yeah, we have.
01:58We have.
01:59I know what you're going to say next.
02:00You didn't quite win it.
02:02No.
02:02You were very close.
02:04Yeah, everything looks bigger on TV.
02:05It was just literally a few centimetres in it.
02:07I just have a question.
02:08When you opened that book, how many names were on that page?
02:10There was just two more names on that page.
02:12But we were there.
02:13We were metres away.
02:14It was because of the boat.
02:15It was because of the boat.
02:16It was because of the boat.
02:17Anyway, what I can say is at the end of each episode of The Detour,
02:21I will bring you my optimal route for this week's leg of the race.
02:24Now, it will be the one that gets you there quickly,
02:26but crucially, also allows for some eye-catching, unmissable detours.
02:29Clues in the name.
02:30Nice.
02:30And we'll be joined by some unreal guests along the way.
02:33So who has managed to sign the book this week?
02:36It's actor, singer, celebrity racer,
02:38and I heard she's got a phenomenal fiancé.
02:40It's Molly Rainford.
02:42Come on.
02:43Oh, that was true.
02:44Yeah, yeah, exactly.
02:45An all-round legend, actor, and celebrity racer.
02:48Collar bikinis in the studio.
02:50In a strong leather jacket as well.
02:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:53Very strong leather jacket.
02:54Might regret it.
02:54Might regret it.
02:55Who knows?
02:56So listen, what a start to the series,
02:57and what an end to the episode.
02:59First up, well done to this leg's winners,
03:01siblings Katie and Harrison.
03:04Yes!
03:05Yes!
03:07Yes!
03:08We did it!
03:09Yes, you.
03:09We did it.
03:10Quick, get it down.
03:11Every minute counts.
03:13Very nice.
03:15I don't think I've ever seen someone who's won
03:17write in the book so fast
03:19and then say, write quicker as well.
03:21Like, every single second matters.
03:22Molly, what was it about Katie and Harrison's strategy
03:25that put them in that first place?
03:27Was it saving the one euro 80 on the mayo?
03:30It might have been.
03:30Do you know what?
03:31I feel like with those two, especially Harrison,
03:34he was all for, you know, saving the pennies.
03:37But actually, I thought they had quite an expensive leg,
03:40but they did go with very quick solutions,
03:43which I found, like, the taxi straight off the bat.
03:46They were good with, like, thinking quickly on their feet,
03:48I think.
03:48Yeah.
03:49I mean, it was mad.
03:50The ones that won it, yeah, he was on it from the get-go.
03:52He was, like, even when, before they said go,
03:55I remember, like, me being, me and Mel,
03:57just, like, loafing around and being, like,
03:59oh, it's great size, but forgetting that we're actually
04:01in the race.
04:02He was on it from the get-go.
04:04And he was, like, you've got to walk faster.
04:05And that's when I realised, yeah, yeah, you know what.
04:07They hadn't even started at that point.
04:08They hadn't even started.
04:09There's no prizes for getting to the start line first.
04:11I was, like, I predicted it from the beginning.
04:14I was, like, that guy's winning.
04:15Yeah.
04:16So, I reckon it's probably them, yeah.
04:18Yeah, OK.
04:19Well, look, I mean, Mark, as well,
04:20he's a man that I can relate to
04:21because he's dedicated to his snacks, right?
04:23My man loves eating.
04:25There was one point where he's eating a whole melon
04:27with a teaspoon, and there's, like,
04:28a flash mob going on in front of him.
04:30And he's, like, yeah, don't worry about me.
04:31You're right.
04:32I've got my melon.
04:33Yeah.
04:34Now, Molly Collar, what was, would you say,
04:36some of the most desperate snacks that you've turned to
04:38when you're all out of cash?
04:40Oh, yeah.
04:40Yeah, I remember one day, you know,
04:42in the beginning, we didn't count our money.
04:45So, we probably...
04:46It's not a good start, mate.
04:47Yeah, bro, bro, you know, for God, like,
04:48count your budget, mate.
04:49Yeah, it took us three hours to find where the place was.
04:53Yeah.
04:53You know, and it was, sun was setting,
04:54everyone was gone.
04:55And then we was, like, I'm kind of hungry.
04:57So, at first, we all had steak and rice,
04:59you know what I mean?
04:59Yeah, and then we realised,
05:01we're running out of money here,
05:02so I turned to, one day, 24 hours,
05:04I had a packet of Oreos.
05:05Yeah.
05:06And you had nothing to dip it in, as well.
05:07Nothing.
05:07Because you're beautiful.
05:08You've even got one or the other when you're raised, as well.
05:10Do you never have the milk and biscuits?
05:11You have one or the other.
05:12It is literally that.
05:14Moles, what did you eat?
05:15Well, what didn't we eat, Ty?
05:17To be fair.
05:19I'm not involved.
05:20No, do you know what?
05:21One time we made the error of we walked to a border to save money.
05:27It's a sentence and a half, isn't it?
05:28Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:29You don't do that walking down the street.
05:30No, this was one of the lowest points of my life.
05:32It was a 10 kilometre walk in the end.
05:34We didn't know that at the time.
05:36Yeah, exactly.
05:37Every cloud.
05:39And to reward ourselves, we bought ourselves a Coca-Cola.
05:43But that actually would have probably been the same amount as the taxi.
05:48I think we finished the show on, like, what, 14 quid miles?
05:50No, I think we had maybe $100.
05:54No way.
05:55Seriously.
05:55No way did we have $100.
05:56All right.
05:57See, my maths was never winning.
05:59We had one peso.
06:01What did you do?
06:03No, to me.
06:03Was you giving it away?
06:04I have no idea how we finished that race.
06:07I was on top of the Andes, like,
06:08Mary, how did we get here?
06:11You finished second, didn't you?
06:13No, no, no.
06:13Yeah.
06:15How bad was everyone else?
06:17No, we've still got a few, like, Belize dollars somewhere.
06:21Like, just as a souvenir.
06:22Just can't redeem them.
06:24Yeah.
06:24But at the moment, it does feel pretty close between them all, Colin.
06:28I mean, it was pretty interesting detours
06:30that were taken throughout this first episode, right?
06:32Joe and Kush made a beeline for work in Sorrento.
06:35Andrew and Molly went kayaking in Maratuya.
06:38Are you surprised it's this close at the minute?
06:40I feel like they've done their homework, innit?
06:43Like, you know, good on them, you know?
06:45Because, you know, I don't really like homework.
06:48But, you know, yeah, I actually am surprised.
06:52Because usually, at first, you'd see one group
06:54that's clearly on it more than another.
06:56But this year, it's going to be close.
06:59Now, I think it's a good moment in the podcast
07:01to get to know our teams a little bit better, right?
07:02And the first pair that we met in this episode
07:04were Scouse lads Joe and Kush.
07:06I think Scousers are the perfect people to travel.
07:09We're not shy to, like, say hello to someone on the street.
07:12They always say,
07:13Oh, babe, see, you're right there, love.
07:16They have a proper little, like,
07:18this little charm about Scouse or anything.
07:20Molly, do you think the, um,
07:22do you think the gift of the gab is going to help them on this course?
07:24I do.
07:25I mean, I love a Scouse accent,
07:28but I do think...
07:30Yeah, sorry about that.
07:30Yeah, cheers.
07:31Anyway, um...
07:33Do you know what an awful way to get dumped, by the way?
07:36Thank you very much.
07:38This early on into the series, great.
07:40Anyway, um, yeah, I know, I do love a Scouse accent,
07:44but I do think that is probably even harder to translate.
07:47No, but I do think they've got, like, the young lad charm.
07:51I feel like, you know,
07:53hitchhiking will definitely be way easier for them, too.
07:55100%.
07:56I'm getting that vibe.
07:56Yeah.
07:57I've been there as, like,
07:59two 20-year-olds going on this show,
08:01and it feels harder.
08:02Oh.
08:03Because I feel like, I don't know,
08:04there's kind of more of, like,
08:06I don't know, like,
08:07a more kind of lovey vibe with older people.
08:10True.
08:11Maybe more trust.
08:12Maybe kind of, like,
08:13two young lads standing on the side of the street,
08:14like, oh, what do they want?
08:15Kind of thing.
08:16So I think it can work against them
08:17just as much as it can work for them.
08:19They're probably, like,
08:19bright-eyed and bushy-tailed right now,
08:21but it's going to get beaten up.
08:25I know what you mean, lad.
08:26Yeah.
08:27That was an attempt.
08:29That was a good attempt.
08:31Babe, babe.
08:32No, I mean, they are the youngest pairs,
08:35some of the youngest contestants
08:35we've ever had racing before, right?
08:37Yeah.
08:37Did you ever think about travelling
08:38to these sort of places at that age?
08:40Yeah, I did.
08:40I have you more Magaluf.
08:44Less Mongolia, more Magaluf.
08:46Yeah, yeah.
08:46I just didn't think,
08:47I didn't think I have the capability
08:49to get that far.
08:50Do you know what I mean?
08:50That felt like such a different place,
08:52like a different world altogether,
08:53so I don't think I've really ever
08:55thought I'd get that far.
08:57So, Colin, when you were, like, 20,
08:58do you think that you would have ever
08:59been able to do race across the world?
09:01Absolutely no chance.
09:03At what point would you have found?
09:0420-year-old Colin.
09:05I mean, 30, 30,
09:06I would resign when I'd done the race.
09:0732-year-old Colin,
09:08I'd barely manage it.
09:10Let alone for the extra 10 years.
09:11Let alone, yeah, yeah.
09:12Do you know what I mean?
09:13I was supposed to get wiser and whatever.
09:15You know what I mean?
09:15That's all paper.
09:17But, yeah,
09:1820-year-old Colin would have blown the budget
09:20and be like,
09:22Mary, come on,
09:23that's for a living.
09:24What was everyone saying
09:25when we were 20?
09:26YOLO.
09:27YOLO.
09:27Oh, God.
09:28What were the YOLO days?
09:29If I lose the money,
09:29it don't matter.
09:30YOLO?
09:31It don't matter.
09:32Yeah, yeah, exactly.
09:34No, but it's all well and good
09:35when you start the race
09:36because you think,
09:37oh, you know,
09:38I'm in a race,
09:38but we've got ages.
09:40We've got so many countries to get through
09:42and then they say go
09:43and then competition mode gets it.
09:46One of the funniest things as well
09:47that we completely dust over
09:48and none of us ever talk about
09:49is at the start line,
09:50everybody just runs in different directions.
09:52There's no need, guys.
09:53That's just it.
09:54Guys, there's no need.
09:55No rhyme or reason.
09:55You run and then you go,
09:56right, let's sit down here
09:57and look at the map.
09:59These guys are not running to Mongolia.
10:01It's fine.
10:02It's embarrassing as well
10:03when you watch it back and you're like,
10:05look at this guy.
10:06Yeah, like,
10:06where are you running to, bro?
10:08You've got five, eight weeks, bro.
10:10You're going to run there now, yeah?
10:12Maybe it's like,
10:13if I get my heart rate up,
10:14I'll make better decisions.
10:15I don't know.
10:16We also saw siblings,
10:17Harrison and Katie,
10:18who made it to Foscado first,
10:20which is really exciting to be first.
10:22I mean, we didn't come first in a leg miles
10:24till, like,
10:25what was it?
10:26The second to last one,
10:27the penultimate one.
10:28We definitely came first a couple times.
10:29Oh, the foot race don't count.
10:31The foot race absolutely counts.
10:33The foot race was like 30 seconds.
10:33Look, the boys,
10:35listen to this panel
10:36of unexperienced first placers.
10:39All I can...
10:40Wow.
10:41Wow.
10:42Wow.
10:43Look.
10:43Wow.
10:44That might run sometimes.
10:46That's why I'm sat over here.
10:47Such as changes people,
10:48do you know what I mean?
10:49Not yet.
10:51See, that's six there.
10:52Wow, Alfie.
10:52Colin, we heard that Harrison is the planner
10:55and Katie's more laid back, right?
10:56Can you relate to this dynamic at all?
10:58Oh, you know what?
11:00I mean, I remember our first interview
11:01and our plan was no plan,
11:03so no.
11:04OK.
11:04Brilliant.
11:05No, I mean, we got better.
11:06We got more savvy.
11:07Yeah.
11:07But they're a bit savvy at the beginning.
11:09Maybe they'll get exhausted.
11:11They will get exhausted
11:11and then maybe, you know,
11:13the cracks will start to show.
11:14Yeah.
11:14It's strong now, but, you know.
11:16It's a hard mentality to run at for eight weeks.
11:18Yeah.
11:19It's mentally exhausting, isn't it?
11:20Yeah, it really is.
11:21Yeah.
11:21So I think there needs to be a degree of,
11:23like, particularly in maybe, like,
11:25you can't say it for an elimination leg,
11:26but if that, you know,
11:27in leg two or four where the stakes are lower,
11:30just take it chill
11:31because I think it's easier to chase.
11:33Yeah.
11:33I think it's easier to chase.
11:34It's easier to chase
11:34because when you're an underdog,
11:36you're like, oh, I'm a loser anyway.
11:37Yeah.
11:38I might have sort of just, you know,
11:40lose fast.
11:40You're a loser.
11:41I 100% agree, though,
11:43because especially in our penultimate leg,
11:46we were first
11:47and I felt way more pressure
11:49being first in that position
11:51than I did, like, ever being third place, last.
11:54You're getting chased out.
11:55But, yeah, you can't get better than first,
11:58so there's a lot of pressure.
11:59And you're constantly looking over your shoulder.
12:01Yeah.
12:02Like, always.
12:03It's constantly like, oh, like...
12:04And you have to remember,
12:06you have to enjoy the race.
12:07Look at the places that they're going through.
12:09It's unbelievable.
12:10Every time I watch a series,
12:11I just get jealous of where they went.
12:12Do you know what I mean?
12:13And I'm like, oh,
12:14I would have loved to have done that route.
12:16Molly wanted to do the show
12:16for another three weeks.
12:17Honestly.
12:18Once we finished,
12:19once she cried her eyes out at the book,
12:20saying, oh, no, we've come second,
12:21we're like, can we do it again?
12:22Yeah.
12:22Can we do it what?
12:23Can we go back?
12:24I was like, is there anywhere else
12:25you want to send us?
12:26We also saw Joe and Kush
12:27with their competitive side, right?
12:29What did we make at a situation
12:31when they were at the ferrier?
12:32See, you're making sound effects already, Alfie.
12:34I've got an unpopular opinion about this.
12:35Oh, go on.
12:36I'd have helped them.
12:37What, Andrew and Molly?
12:38Yeah.
12:38Would you?
12:39You would have helped them?
12:39Leg one, guys.
12:41Doesn't matter.
12:41Good karma, get on your side.
12:43Whoa.
12:43Hang on.
12:44Break it down.
12:45Break it down.
12:45You're on your own here, Alf.
12:47What was it, like 10 euros?
12:49They said, swap a tenner for a tenner.
12:51What I'd have done in that situation,
12:53by the way,
12:53the pound is stronger than the euro,
12:55so I'd have said,
12:56give me 20 quid for 20 euros
12:57and make yourself five quid.
12:59Done.
12:59Okay.
13:00So you would have ripped them off?
13:02But helped them.
13:03Okay, good karma's going to come your way, yeah.
13:05Interested.
13:05You know what?
13:06No.
13:08You're not having it.
13:09Because in the beginning,
13:10in the beginning,
13:11sorry, I don't know you.
13:12Yeah.
13:14It's the fairest point.
13:15No, I kind of agreed with how they acted.
13:18I'm very competitive, though,
13:19so that's probably why.
13:20I would have made it.
13:21But, no, I feel like
13:23there's a lot at stake, remember,
13:26in this race.
13:26You know, there's a big prize
13:29and, like, you're so early on,
13:32every penny counts at that point.
13:33So, you know,
13:34especially, like we said,
13:35you get stung at the end
13:36with something that you got paid for
13:37and you think,
13:38oh, no, I've given them 20 quid.
13:40So I feel like they were right.
13:42You know,
13:42it's a competition at the end of the day.
13:44Right, now let's take a look
13:45at the father-daughter duo,
13:47Andrew and Molly.
13:47So Andrew has explained
13:48that one of his special skills,
13:50and I quote,
13:51is being in a place a second time,
13:53I can remember where everything is.
13:56I don't think that's going to work
13:57on Race Across the World.
13:59It's not a handy thing to...
14:00He has watched the show before.
14:01Yeah, I know.
14:01Do you know what I mean?
14:02It's like, right,
14:02so let me go there once
14:03and I'll remember it
14:03when I come back here.
14:04Like, you're not coming back here.
14:05It's so funny
14:06because I can relate to him.
14:07Yeah.
14:07I definitely have that skill,
14:09but it's void on the race.
14:11It doesn't have to happen.
14:12Me, when I'm on
14:12an all-inclusive holiday,
14:14you know, I'm out there.
14:14I know the way to the bar.
14:15I know the way back
14:16to the sun lounge.
14:17That's where dinner gets served.
14:19Where the bar is.
14:20Yeah, I got it now.
14:23It's funny.
14:23It's funny.
14:24So I'm sure a lot of fathers
14:25and daughter duos
14:27would be able to relate
14:28to their dynamics
14:29and their relationship.
14:30Like, Andrew...
14:32Molly's just Andrew's little girl.
14:34But do you think
14:35that that might change
14:37throughout the rest of the race
14:38or do you reckon
14:39it will strengthen her?
14:39I think it might change
14:40because especially
14:41with the little mishap
14:43with the map situation...
14:44Yeah, of course.
14:45We'll get on to that.
14:45I feel like he might start
14:47trusting her as kind of
14:49her own adult
14:50and kind of seeing
14:50that she's quite good
14:51at making decisions too
14:52and kind of maybe
14:54taking a little bit
14:55of a back seat
14:55when she was there.
14:57of this show, isn't it?
14:57Yeah.
14:58Because that relationship
14:58can really develop
15:00over a period of eight weeks.
15:01You know, Andrew might think
15:02that it's like this whole
15:03cotton wool kind of situation
15:04and then in eight weeks' time
15:06while she's guiding him
15:07through Mongolia,
15:08it's like, wow.
15:09Yeah.
15:10Like, I didn't know
15:10my daughter could do this.
15:11And like you said,
15:12like, you know,
15:13it does take a lot out of you
15:15to make all those decisions
15:16all the time.
15:17So if he kept going that way,
15:18he'd probably burn out.
15:19So it's probably good
15:20if he gives her a bit of the load.
15:22Yeah, he needs to give
15:22over some responsibility
15:23because travelling with a parent
15:24must be tough.
15:25Yeah.
15:25Oh, yeah.
15:26I wouldn't want to do that.
15:27I wouldn't want to do that.
15:28Especially, like, adult
15:29child and parent.
15:30Yeah.
15:31And your dad's a teacher.
15:32Yeah.
15:33He's the smartest in the room.
15:34It's like double parent.
15:35Yeah, exactly.
15:36Oh, yeah, yeah.
15:37Exactly.
15:39I mean, but they did have
15:40the misunderstanding
15:41over the map stand.
15:42So let alone
15:43when you're then looking
15:43at a map stand
15:44and you're not really sure
15:45the general navigation of it
15:47or it's a big stress
15:48and that was throughout
15:49this whole first episode.
15:50He's going to know
15:50what the terrain is, though.
15:51Exactly.
15:52No, all right.
15:54On the map,
15:55on the map,
15:55he's going to be like,
15:56oh, that's a mountain area.
15:59And she's going to be like,
16:00but dad,
16:00does that help us in the race?
16:02That line there
16:03means it's steeper.
16:04He's going to be like,
16:05do you know this little surface?
16:06Then he goes,
16:07oh, I've been here before.
16:08I remember where everything is.
16:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:10That's it.
16:11But I mean,
16:12was there ever a time
16:12when you was on the race collar
16:13that, you know,
16:15not being able to read a map
16:16left you in a sticky situation
16:17or like wrong directions?
16:19Oh, that was all the same.
16:21Also, I lost a map.
16:23Joined the club.
16:24Yeah, you did as well.
16:25So you got something in common.
16:26Yeah, we lost it on day two.
16:27So Mary would draw,
16:29like, I don't know what she's doing.
16:30Let's talk about this
16:31because we did the same thing.
16:32It doesn't help.
16:33It doesn't help.
16:34Having a map
16:35on a piece of paper
16:36that you drew
16:36isn't a map.
16:37It's a drawing
16:38of what you think
16:39somewhere looks like.
16:40And it was sneaky as well.
16:41So they would, like,
16:42put the checkpoint
16:43in a town
16:44that's not on the map.
16:45So I was like,
16:46come on, guys.
16:46This ain't helping us out, is it?
16:48It's not,
16:48but you have to read
16:49between the lines.
16:50I was like,
16:50come on, mate.
16:51Yeah.
16:51I'm not trying to discover myself.
16:52I'm trying to get to the checkpoint.
16:54Yeah.
16:54You know?
16:54Yeah.
16:55Now, our penultimate pairing
16:57are cousins Pooja and Roshni.
16:59Now, Pooja prayed to win,
17:01whereas Roshni was, like,
17:02praying for her ankles
17:03not to break.
17:04I think she thinks
17:05she's on Gladiators.
17:06Yeah.
17:06It's not that kind of show.
17:08But Molly, I mean,
17:09they're both extremely accomplished.
17:10Yeah, they're smart,
17:11they're driven individuals,
17:12like, they're on it.
17:13Yeah.
17:14What did you make
17:15of their journey
17:15throughout the first leg?
17:16They seem like they're
17:17getting their feet,
17:19feel like they're
17:20in a good place
17:20finding their feet
17:21and they've been fed well.
17:22Yeah.
17:23So, win-win.
17:23They're steady, aren't they?
17:24They are.
17:24They feel like a very,
17:25sort of, steady,
17:27steady, safe bet.
17:28Team, yeah.
17:29Yeah, they're taking their time
17:30a little bit, but...
17:32A little bit.
17:33No, we don't know.
17:34We're in a race.
17:35Speed demon over here.
17:36We're in a race.
17:37But they said, right,
17:38they both said
17:39that they wanted to use
17:40the race as a way
17:41to reconnect
17:42because they didn't
17:43get to spend
17:43much time together.
17:44I mean, on the race,
17:45you 100% get to spend
17:46the most amount
17:47of time together.
17:48Yeah, a bit too much,
17:49though, isn't it?
17:49Uninterrupted.
17:50Yeah, absolutely.
17:51That's one part
17:51I was worried about, really.
17:53Yeah.
17:54That wasn't what
17:54you were saying, was it?
17:55No.
17:56Don't need any more time together.
17:58I'm all right.
17:58I mean, this feels
17:59like a relatable situation
18:00for a lot of people,
18:02right, Collar?
18:02Yeah.
18:02To be able to spend
18:03more time.
18:04Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:05I think that's the beauty
18:06of it, but then it's also
18:07it panics you
18:07because you're like,
18:08right, okay,
18:08this is 24 hours
18:09a day together.
18:10Who's on buses all time
18:11and then after a while,
18:12Mary just stops
18:13sitting next to me?
18:17That's janked.
18:18When you watch the show
18:19as such a fan at home,
18:20it just goes,
18:20oh, yeah,
18:21they've travelled
18:21from here to here
18:22and it's just like
18:23a 15-hour bus
18:24only that happens
18:24in three seconds.
18:25We did that 15 hours.
18:26A lot happened
18:27on that bus.
18:28Let me tell you,
18:29it really did.
18:30Right, Margot and Mark.
18:32Now, an unbelievable bond
18:34between this brother
18:35and sister-in-law.
18:36Obviously, they've got
18:37a really touching story,
18:38but we do have to address
18:40the modesty cocoon, okay?
18:42So, it's just,
18:43when this happened,
18:43what is happening?
18:45Miles, you had to burn yours,
18:46didn't you?
18:46Did I?
18:47After the $5 sex motel
18:48that we stayed in.
18:49Oh, yeah.
18:50Guys, to give context,
18:52it was...
18:52I think context is really important.
18:53Oh, yeah,
18:54let me give context on that.
18:55So, it was like
18:57a mattress covered in plastic,
18:58there was like
18:59a sticky tissue dispenser
19:00above the bed.
19:01That was...
19:01There was a lot going on
19:02and we were like,
19:03we are not sleeping
19:04in this place,
19:04but we had to sleep
19:05in the sleeping bag.
19:06Oh, no, yeah.
19:07I slept on top of the,
19:08yeah, on top of the duvet
19:10in the sleeping bag.
19:12Now, we do hear
19:14a little bit
19:14of these guys' story,
19:15of how they both
19:17looked after Mark's wife
19:18during her terminal illness.
19:20It was so heartwarming
19:21and it makes it
19:21all that much more sweeter
19:22to watch,
19:23like, their relationship grow
19:24and their interactions
19:25and things like that.
19:26What did we make
19:27of their progress
19:28in the first leg, Molly?
19:30I feel like
19:32these two are slow burners,
19:34but I think
19:35what I love about
19:36their story
19:37is that,
19:39obviously,
19:39when things get tough,
19:41they know how
19:42to step up together
19:43and I feel like that's,
19:44well, I'm hoping
19:45that's what we see.
19:46Would either of you
19:47ever do it with an in-law?
19:48Be careful, Molls.
19:53No, I'm joking.
19:54You could never do it
19:55with Deb.
19:55Sorry, my mum
19:56would drive you in.
19:57It couldn't happen.
19:58No, I have gone away
19:59with my sister-in-law,
20:00my brother's partner,
20:03but I feel like
20:03she'd blow the budget.
20:05It ruins Christmas
20:06as well, doesn't it?
20:07Yeah, it does.
20:08Remember when we lost
20:09Race Across the World?
20:10Yeah, great.
20:10Eat your food.
20:11Your fault.
20:13Also, the turkey's dry.
20:14Yeah.
20:21Well, I think it's time
20:23to talk about the route
20:24which was revealed
20:25in this first episode
20:26and it is
20:27an epic one.
20:29The finish line.
20:32Hatgal.
20:33On the northern edge
20:35of Mongolia.
20:39To get there,
20:40teams will traverse
20:41more than 12,000 kilometres
20:43via seven checkpoints.
20:46At each stop,
20:47their next destination
20:49is revealed.
20:50That is crazy.
20:51It's so close.
20:52It looks beautiful.
20:54It looks unreal.
20:54But first, Alfie,
20:55give us the knowledge.
20:56Yeah, I mean,
20:57this is one of the most
20:58ambitious routes
20:59we've ever seen
21:00on Race Across the World.
21:01This will be
21:02an incredible journey
21:03from the temperate
21:04and familiar Mediterranean
21:06in Sicily
21:06to the sparsely populated
21:08and far colder
21:09Mongolian plateau.
21:10The team's been racing
21:11through many different cultures,
21:12climates and landscapes.
21:14How many languages
21:14do you think?
21:15Probably like four.
21:16Ten.
21:17Yeah, no chance.
21:18This is like
21:19the easy bit.
21:20Yeah.
21:21It took us like six weeks
21:22to learn Spanish.
21:23Quanta Cuesta,
21:24that's all I can say.
21:25Yeah, yeah.
21:25How much?
21:26Yeah.
21:27Local transport
21:27is going to get worse.
21:28These buses
21:29and these ferries
21:30that they're happy
21:30to take in Palermo.
21:31I mean, in Palermo,
21:32you've got everything.
21:33You know,
21:33you've got a plethora
21:33of options
21:34to get off the island.
21:35You've got taxis,
21:36you've got trams,
21:37you've got trains.
21:38Mongolia,
21:39there's one railway network.
21:40Wow.
21:41So the level of transport
21:42is only going to get worse.
21:44So I hope they're ready.
21:46Now, Alfie,
21:47we've already seen
21:47the benefits
21:48of the helpful stranger
21:50in this episode, right?
21:51We love the moment
21:51that the young lad was there
21:52and he was phoning around
21:53all the hotels
21:55in Albu Rubello
21:56to try and get a room
21:57for Mark and Margot.
21:58What a guy, yeah?
21:59And Mark didn't seem
22:00too bothered about it as well.
22:01They didn't seem to care.
22:02He didn't say
22:03his poor for fours
22:04and his grazis are poor.
22:06Alfie, the language barriers
22:07are quite intimidating, right?
22:09Yeah.
22:09So there's kind of a few things
22:11that you can do
22:11to kind of mitigate that.
22:13Obviously, the first thing
22:14is that if you aren't
22:15on Race Across the World,
22:16then you'll probably
22:16have your phone
22:17and Google Translate
22:18is probably the easiest way
22:19to do that
22:19if you find a helpful local.
22:20But things like
22:21hotel concierges,
22:23they kind of know
22:24the ins and outs
22:25of the local area,
22:26will very often speak English
22:27because they're used to tourism,
22:28so kind of just going
22:29into a hotel
22:29and asking the reception desk
22:30if they've got any tips
22:31or if they can help you out.
22:32That's probably your safest bet
22:34in terms of where to go.
22:35Tourist information centres
22:36is always another safe bet
22:37as well,
22:38particularly in cities
22:38with lots of tourists.
22:40So in this episode,
22:41we've already seen the pairs
22:42travelling to some
22:43incredible locations
22:43and landmarks,
22:44but even the most stunning
22:45of spots
22:46have their critics.
22:47So I'm going to read out
22:48some genuine
22:49one-star reviews
22:50from famous landmarks
22:51and you basically
22:52just have to guess
22:53what they're on about.
22:54Does that sound all right?
22:54Yeah.
22:55OK, right,
22:56here we go.
22:56Up first,
22:57it's stones,
22:58nothing special,
23:00overrated.
23:01Oh!
23:02Is it in China?
23:03No.
23:04OK.
23:05All right.
23:06Don't mug me off that.
23:07Let me give you another clue.
23:07Let me give you another clue,
23:08right,
23:08so it doesn't light up,
23:09looks better in picks.
23:11You go with this,
23:11it's like a building.
23:12Oh, you're on the right lines.
23:14Oh, you actually are
23:15on the right lines there.
23:16What?
23:17It's a building.
23:18A building.
23:19Yeah.
23:19Brilliant.
23:20Just stones that don't light up.
23:22Is it Stonehenge?
23:23That's what I thought.
23:24I thought it was Stonehenge,
23:25but Stonehenge doesn't light up.
23:26You're right,
23:26so you're going to lock in Stonehenge,
23:28yeah?
23:28How big was the queue?
23:31So you can judge it on.
23:32Yeah, yeah.
23:32Well, look,
23:33apparently if you were looking
23:34for a light-up disco,
23:35you might be disappointed,
23:36but with over 10 million visitors a year,
23:38it suggests it's still worth a visit.
23:40It's the Coliseum.
23:41Oh.
23:41You two are never going to get that.
23:42Sorry,
23:43these were the worst things you asked.
23:44Oh, come on,
23:45I said,
23:45is it a building?
23:46You said the Coliseum?
23:47I said, yes.
23:47Can't see it without a building,
23:48is it?
23:48No.
23:49It's just stones,
23:50apparently.
23:50Yeah,
23:51but it is,
23:51it is,
23:51it is.
23:52It is just stones.
23:54All right,
23:54here's the next one,
23:55second plea,
23:55right?
23:56Right.
23:56It splashes and splashes,
23:58it spurtles and flows.
24:00It's a one-star review.
24:02Oh.
24:03Oh.
24:03Is it?
24:04It does sound like something
24:05from Lord of the Rings.
24:05Is it a waterfall?
24:06Is it a waterfall?
24:07Uh,
24:09it's as romantic
24:10as my oldest pair of smelly socks.
24:13Let down.
24:14Lovely.
24:14Is it in,
24:15um,
24:16Rome?
24:16I don't know
24:17what it's called
24:18but it's a fountain.
24:18You don't know what it is?
24:19Ooh.
24:20Okay,
24:20right,
24:21I'm going to lock that in.
24:21We're going to go fountain.
24:22It's the fountain
24:23that you're not allowed
24:23to sit on anymore.
24:24Is it?
24:25Yeah,
24:25she's bang on there.
24:26Is that bang on?
24:27But you don't know the name of it?
24:28Yeah, you're quizzing me
24:28and I know you don't know either.
24:30I've even got the answers
24:31and I'm going,
24:32you're not allowed to sit on it,
24:33swear.
24:33It begins with a T.
24:34There you go.
24:35Are you cheating?
24:36I'm not cheating.
24:37Molly,
24:37when have you ever been
24:38to the Trevi Fountain?
24:39I haven't.
24:40Way to give the answer away.
24:42People were playing at home
24:42and you've just given it away.
24:44That is a review
24:45of the Trevi Fountain.
24:46I mean,
24:46him saying let down
24:47as well
24:47on the end of that
24:48one-star review.
24:48He definitely tried to propose
24:49to someone there and there
24:50and it didn't go well.
24:51100%.
24:51I was way off though.
24:52You was nowhere near.
24:53I was nagger force.
24:54Yeah,
24:55that's where I went first
24:56to be fair.
24:57This is not the one.
24:58Right,
24:58okay,
24:58here's the final one,
24:59all right?
24:59Review number three.
25:01Seemed like an old
25:02crabby guy
25:02rushed his way through it
25:03once.
25:04Is this a place?
25:06Yeah,
25:06it's a place.
25:07Where's a crabby guy?
25:08Crabby?
25:09No,
25:11I didn't write the review.
25:12Where's a crabby guy?
25:13I don't know what.
25:14That's a bit vague for me.
25:16Okay,
25:17all right,
25:17no,
25:17this one will probably
25:18help you out.
25:19It's a neck saw
25:21should have nap mats
25:22to lay on for viewing.
25:24Is it the painting
25:24that's on the ceiling?
25:26Is it French?
25:26The painting on the ceiling,
25:28that's what we're
25:28locking in on it.
25:28Is it French?
25:29I can't remember
25:30what it's called, man.
25:31Okay,
25:32right,
25:32you're locking that in?
25:32Yeah.
25:33The painting on the ceiling.
25:34Yeah,
25:34the painting on the ceiling.
25:35Nice.
25:35Yeah,
25:35it is the most fancy ceiling
25:37since Janan discovered
25:38Artex,
25:38all right,
25:39it's the Sistine Chapel.
25:40Sistine Chapel,
25:40yeah,
25:40yeah,
25:41yeah,
25:41yeah.
25:42You know what's funny
25:43about that?
25:44When I was younger,
25:45I thought it was
25:45the Sistine Chapel.
25:47Yeah.
25:47The Sistine Chapel.
25:48Yeah,
25:48yeah,
25:49so I said it to somebody
25:49that was Italian
25:50and they lost it.
25:51They got me.
25:52In Italy?
25:53Yeah.
25:54Anyway,
25:54the moral of the game,
25:56trust your own eyes,
25:57not just a review.
25:58Now,
25:58let's return
25:59to this week's episode.
26:00There were some major decisions
26:01made in that first leg.
26:03Employment was found,
26:04hotel rooms were booked
26:05and money was spent.
26:06Buongiorno,
26:07can we get two tickets
26:08to Napoli,
26:09please?
26:11125.
26:14So,
26:1562.50 each.
26:16Just figured it out
26:17and that's about 4%
26:18of our budget,
26:19I think,
26:19gone.
26:19It's a bit of a tough one
26:20to swallow.
26:21And how long is the boat?
26:2325 hours.
26:24Thank you so much.
26:25Grazie.
26:25Grazie.
26:26I think 12 hours moving
26:28is really good progress.
26:29Now,
26:30another big decision,
26:31siblings Katie and Harrison,
26:33they've chosen
26:33to jump straight
26:34into work already.
26:36I mean,
26:36they're the fancy
26:37calf outfits on
26:38as well,
26:39Alfie.
26:39Talk us through
26:40the choices
26:40that you made
26:41when you needed to work.
26:42They looked great,
26:43didn't they?
26:44They looked like
26:44proper kind of Italian.
26:45Yeah,
26:45that's that.
26:46I would have liked
26:46to have been the worst.
26:47Well,
26:48interestingly,
26:48Owen was kind of
26:49always in charge
26:50of the jobs
26:51on our race,
26:52which is why
26:52we ended up
26:53in a nightclub
26:53in Vietnam.
26:55Brilliant.
26:55Which was really good fun.
26:57That's it.
26:57Not a bad place to be.
26:58No,
26:59but I don't think
27:00he was very happy with me
27:01when I insisted
27:01that we booked
27:02a 3am bus.
27:03So we went straight
27:04from the job
27:05onto a bus
27:06because I was like,
27:07well,
27:07if we're going to do
27:07the night's working,
27:08well,
27:08then we're going
27:08to make the ground
27:09afterwards
27:09and that's just that.
27:12Like a true winner.
27:13Yes.
27:14That's it.
27:15But,
27:16I think working now
27:17is genius
27:18because,
27:19as we've spoken about,
27:20the currency now
27:21is at its highest.
27:22So working now,
27:23you're going to get paid more,
27:24which means you can
27:24pocket more for later.
27:25When you're working
27:26kind of in the later countries
27:27and the money's less,
27:28it's not going to go as far.
27:30So working now
27:30is really important.
27:31Yeah.
27:32Now,
27:32let's talk a little bit
27:33about home comforts, right?
27:34Paul Harrison,
27:35all he wanted
27:35was a custard cream, right?
27:37It's just a simple request.
27:38All he wanted
27:38on the race
27:39was a custard cream
27:40and he would have been happy.
27:41Collar,
27:41I heard that steak
27:42and pancakes
27:43are important for you
27:44on your holiday.
27:45What does that mean?
27:47Because,
27:48basically,
27:48I have a ritual
27:49because I'm very superstitious
27:51so I believe that,
27:53you know,
27:53karma and bad luck,
27:54you know,
27:54and if I don't do certain things
27:56when I enter a country,
27:58then something bad
27:59will happen to me.
28:00Do you know what I mean?
28:00And I couldn't afford
28:01steak and pancakes
28:02on the race
28:02so a lot of bad things
28:03happened to me.
28:06Alfie,
28:06what was the home comfort
28:07that you missed
28:08so much on the race?
28:09Music, man.
28:10Like, kind of having that,
28:12I think we've just,
28:13we're so used to
28:14taking it for granted,
28:15like, get on the train,
28:15you can play any song you want.
28:16I had this little iPod
28:17that I had to download
28:19my uncle's iTunes library
28:21from, like,
28:232008 on to.
28:24Brilliant.
28:24Wow, that's so far away.
28:25What a classic choice.
28:27I was five.
28:28What the hell's going on?
28:30Well, I just had a grey hair
28:31pop out of his chin.
28:322008, oh man,
28:34that ancient,
28:34that time capsule.
28:35That was a decent era
28:36of music, I feel.
28:37I literally,
28:38I left school.
28:39That's okay to school in 2008.
28:40Decent era of music
28:41unless you're my uncle.
28:42Yeah, fair.
28:43In which case,
28:43what I had to listen to
28:44was just virtually unbearable.
28:47Fine.
28:47So I think that was
28:48the one thing that I missed
28:49massively,
28:49especially on those
28:50long journeys, man,
28:50like, not having,
28:51not having the music
28:52is a killer.
28:53It's now time
28:54for something very exciting.
28:56Every leg of the race
28:57has options.
28:58Some are fast
28:59but come at a cost.
29:00Some are cheap
29:00but involve a bit more improvising
29:02and sometimes the smartest move
29:03isn't the obvious one,
29:05which is why Alfie,
29:06our resident travel expert,
29:07is here with his geography
29:08teacher blazer on.
29:10I don't know why
29:10it doesn't add to this
29:11at all.
29:12I disagree.
29:13I think it's great.
29:13One size fits all, that one.
29:15All right.
29:16You're going to reveal
29:17the very best way
29:17to travel through
29:18our first leg,
29:19all right,
29:19with the most unmissable
29:20detours along the way.
29:22So Alfie,
29:22you're taking us
29:23from Palermo
29:24to Foscado.
29:26Your race starts now.
29:28So,
29:28leg one is all about
29:30controlled temptation
29:31and I would start
29:32in Naples.
29:33Now, yes,
29:33it's a bit punchy
29:34on prices we've seen,
29:35especially for day one
29:36with ferries from Palermo
29:37coming in at around
29:38£40 per person
29:39but you land in
29:40a transport gold mine.
29:41Now,
29:42I'm a huge football buff
29:43and football is a way
29:44of life in this city
29:45as we saw from the episode
29:46but if history
29:48is your thing,
29:49then Castle Nuovo
29:50finished in 1282
29:51is your must-visit spot
29:52in the pizza capital.
29:54Now,
29:54here's my big
29:55tactical detour
29:56for the leg,
29:57Matera.
29:57You get a train
29:58to Salerno,
29:59then a four-hour bus
30:00across for roughly
30:00£14
30:01and you'll arrive
30:02in one of the oldest
30:03continuously inhabited
30:04cities in the world.
30:06These sassy districts
30:07are carved
30:07straight into the rocks
30:09with these homes
30:09and churches
30:10dating back
30:10thousands of years.
30:12Probably why they called it
30:13a UNESCO World Heritage Site
30:14but I don't know.
30:16But,
30:16then it's all eyes
30:17on the checkpoint.
30:18Take a one and a half
30:19hour train to Bari
30:20then take the overnight
30:21ferry to Patras.
30:23It's roughly
30:23€70 to €90
30:24but you're saving
30:25a night's accommodation
30:26and covering some
30:27serious distance
30:28while you sleep.
30:29As we've spoken about,
30:30that's race gold.
30:31From there,
30:32it's a bit of Greek
30:32island hopping to
30:33Kefalonia.
30:34I believe you two
30:34would propose to each other
30:35somewhere along the route
30:36when it comes to beaches
30:37but, you know,
30:38get your name in that book
30:39quickly, Harrison,
30:41and enjoy your
30:42checkpoint hotel.
30:43Yeah, we got it.
30:43And we do enjoy
30:44a checkpoint hotel.
30:45Yeah, we do.
30:46That is life-saving
30:46when you're actually
30:47doing the race.
30:48All right,
30:48well, there you have it.
30:49Thank you very much, Alfie.
30:50Much easier, really,
30:52to work when you're
30:53not rushed,
30:55sweaty,
30:55and competing
30:55against eight other people.
30:56Slightly.
30:57That is fine.
30:58I am slightly
30:58space-constrained,
30:59though, in this place.
31:00It's a small blazer.
31:01It's a small blazer, guys.
31:03Right, now,
31:03before we go,
31:04this is something
31:04that I'm very excited about.
31:06We have an exclusive
31:06sneak peek of next week's
31:08episode of Race Across the World.
31:09You're not going to see
31:10this anywhere else.
31:11Enjoy.
31:13Oh, sorry.
31:14Did I never speak to you?
31:15Do you don't mind?
31:17We're trying to get
31:17to Istanbul tonight.
31:19We have no way
31:20of booking it,
31:20but we can pay for it
31:21in cash.
31:22Would you be able
31:23to give it a hand?
31:24Okay.
31:25Bus to Istanbul.
31:27If we don't get that bus,
31:29we then have to
31:30stay the night
31:31and get a bus
31:31tomorrow morning.
31:33Race-wise,
31:33this couldn't make
31:34or break us.
31:35It's processing payment.
31:37Wait for internet.
31:38There is no Wi-Fi.
31:40I feel sick.
31:41It's refreshing.
31:42Please, internet.
31:43Please, please, please,
31:44please, please.
31:45Please?
31:46Should we refresh?
31:47Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:48Just go again, yeah.
31:49Okay, so I think
31:51you've gone through.
31:52We don't have
31:52a booking confirmation.
31:54The money has gone through,
31:55so I owe you this.
31:57It's a lot of money
31:58and a limited budget.
32:00We have paid her.
32:02She easily disappeared
32:03into the night.
32:03So until we actually
32:05physically see the ticket,
32:06we're just going to be
32:07a bit worried.
32:09Four percent
32:09of their total budget
32:11handed over.
32:12My ill heart is ticking
32:13a lot more than it should be
32:14at the moment.
32:15They wait to see
32:16if the gamble has paid off.
32:19He is going through it.
32:20He is going through it.
32:22You can hear it
32:22in his voice.
32:23That is a stressed man.
32:24Yeah, that is a stressed man.
32:25Week two, you're not stressed.
32:27That's got to happen.
32:28And you haven't seen
32:29the booking confirmation.
32:31That's scary, I feel.
32:33You could have just been
32:34handing over money for fun.
32:3590 quid is a lot of money
32:36as well.
32:37So that's a big chunk
32:38of money to gamble.
32:39Especially that early.
32:40It's hard to give away
32:41that money
32:42at the beginning, isn't it?
32:43Yeah, exactly.
32:44Right, it's taking a hit.
32:45We're going to have to see
32:45how it pans out.
32:46That's next week's set,
32:47which we are so,
32:48so excited for.
32:49Thank you so much
32:51to Molly Rainford
32:51and Colin Bikini
32:52for joining us
32:53for this episode
32:54of The Detour, everyone.
32:56And a huge thank you
32:57to our resident travel expert,
32:59Alfie,
32:59for all your expertise
33:00and wisdom,
33:01the Mozart of getting
33:01on a bus right here.
33:02Cheers, mate.
33:03And don't worry,
33:04they'll all be sticking around
33:04for our extra special
33:06bonus episode,
33:06which you can find
33:07right now on BBC Sounds.
33:09Just scan the QR code
33:10or search for
33:10Race Across the World
33:11The Detour
33:12on the app.
33:13Now, we're going to be
33:13talking about all things
33:14travel buddies.
33:15Colour sister Yinka
33:16will also be joining us
33:17to discuss how they would
33:19have coped in the race
33:20together.
33:20And I'm sure you guys
33:22are just going to
33:22absolutely agree on
33:23everything.
33:24Okay, great.
33:25So we'll be back here
33:26on iPlayer after the
33:27next episode to see
33:28which teams came
33:29second, third, fourth
33:30and the dreaded last place
33:32and whether Katie
33:33and Harrison have really
33:34pushed the boat out
33:35and spent 1.80 euro
33:36on some mayonnaise.
33:37Thank you for going
33:38on this detour with us.
33:39I'm Tyler West.
33:40Get your backpacks on,
33:41your bum bags loaded
33:42and we'll see you
33:43at the next Checkpoint.
33:44Woo!
33:45Woo!
34:12Woo!
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