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00:17It's mad to think that the mosque is under the water.
00:19I had the exact same thought. I spent too much time with you.
00:24I love it.
00:27After a 4,500km race through Europe to the south-east of Turquia,
00:34now just four teams remain.
00:37Last, like, back in mind, we were, like, elimination, elimination,
00:39so it's nice to go forward and not have to worry.
00:42When I just thought it wasn't us last, it was just...
00:44To be honest, it was just pure, really.
00:46That's the thing, even Pooze and Ross, like... Yeah.
00:48It's just heartbreaking seeing them go. Yeah, it really does show.
00:51Anything can happen.
00:54Siblings Katie and Harrison are in front for the third time,
00:58but their lead has diminished to under ten hours.
01:02After opening that book and seeing Harrison face first,
01:04their time was a surprise, now they're only half the day ahead.
01:06Maybe they'll take their foot off the gas a little bit.
01:08We've got through the elimination, and now that's out of the way,
01:11our new goal is getting to Mongolia and getting that first place.
01:14I do think we are slowly creeping up on him. Yeah, yeah.
01:17Now we've got first in our head. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:19It's not don't be last, it's be first.
01:21Well, we started fourth, and then we came third, now we're second.
01:25So there's only one place to go.
01:26We've got to go to number one spot.
01:28Myself and Mark, we are so lined up, ready.
01:31Sorry, guys.
01:32We've got all our ducks in a row. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:34We all want to be first, don't we?
01:36Someone will have to displace Katie and Harrison.
01:38What do you mean someone?
01:39Someone. Us two. Us two.
01:43As three teams wait to depart.
01:47Right, shall we get going?
01:49First to set off, race leaders Katie and Harrison.
01:54This is for you.
01:54Perfect, thank you so much.
01:57Shall we see where we're going?
02:00Tbilis, yes, I don't know how to say it, but it's where I want it to go.
02:03Is it Georgia?
02:03It's Georgia.
02:04I so want it to go there.
02:05Yeah.
02:06I'm so happy.
02:07Thank you very much.
02:07Cheers, thank you.
02:09Oh, it's so good. New country, about to be unlocked.
02:18God, there is nothing here.
02:20Yeah.
02:21It's dead.
02:23Yeah.
02:24But at nearly midnight, the progress stalls immediately.
02:28We're not getting out tonight, unless you're going to spend ridiculous money on a taxi.
02:33Nope.
02:34We're off to a bad start.
02:36Oh.
02:37Do you have a room for two people for tonight?
02:40Yeah.
02:44Race starts tomorrow.
03:00New day, new chapter of the race.
03:02Yeah.
03:02Let's hit it.
03:05Not getting out of our party last night means we no longer have a ten hour leave.
03:10But I think as long as we keep them in relative touching distance, I'll be happy enough.
03:14I'm actually well bothered to go in Georgia.
03:15Why did you want to go?
03:16It's just a bit rogue, isn't it?
03:18A 1,700-kilometre journey to Georgia's capital, the fourth checkpoint, Tbilisi.
03:28Meaning warm place.
03:30Legend has it that King Vaktang Gorgasali founded the city after his falcon fell into a hot spring, revealing the
03:40area's natural thermal waters.
03:43Today, those sulphur baths still steam, set against the backdrop of modern, futuristic architecture.
03:53Er, Shan, Shanlorfa.
03:55Okay.
03:55Here you go.
03:56Yeah.
03:57Let's have it.
03:59Finally on the road, Katie and Harrison are heading to the closest transport hub, Shanlorfa.
04:05Should we have a look at the map and see where we're going and what we've got to do?
04:08We could go all the way to the edge of Turkey and then up.
04:13Nothing's there.
04:14Yeah.
04:15Or we could go straight up from where we are to the coast.
04:19To reach Tbilisi, teams may choose to hug the Black Sea coast, a popular route for domestic tourists.
04:27But the winding coastal roads could slow progress.
04:31Or they could opt to stay inland, striking a direct route through Turkey's arid heartland.
04:39Rich in Kurdish culture, but with fewer connections.
04:44Both routes converge at the Georgian border as they navigate new terrain towards the capital.
04:52I feel like along the Black Sea you can see a lot more transport routes.
04:56Samsung looks like a pretty big city.
04:59Yeah.
04:59It would be great to do some homestays.
05:02It would be good to actually like integrate the local people a bit more.
05:06We haven't spent too much time with the locals so far.
05:10I am looking forward to it.
05:12I'm obviously nervous, you know, it's not a natural thing.
05:15But I do think we'll get most out of it.
05:17I'm really excited.
05:18Homestays scare me.
05:20It's just about awkward.
05:22But it's something we need to do in terms of like putting me out of my comfort zone.
05:26Yeah.
05:26And maybe like I'll enjoy it.
05:29Planning to sample their first homestay of the race,
05:32the siblings aim to head north towards the well-connected coast.
05:38Samsung.
05:38Two.
05:39Brilliant.
05:41We booked an overnight bus tonight,
05:44travelling the whole length of Turkey in one night
05:47and then we can get straight to our homestay tomorrow.
05:50But there's nothing we can do until then.
05:53So, yeah.
05:54We just have to wait here most of the day.
06:02Spring in your step today, Mark.
06:04Next to leave Halfeti.
06:06The elimination's out of the way.
06:08The shackles are off.
06:10Hypnotherapist Margo and her brother-in-law Mark.
06:13We need to get all the way across northeast of Turkey.
06:17The direct route north up towards the Black Sea coast
06:20is probably going to be better connected and faster.
06:22I do fancy that route.
06:25I think going east is my preferred option.
06:29And I'd like to see a little bit of more rural Turkey,
06:33heading towards Van.
06:35You know, we used to have two Van cats, Arnie and Keeps.
06:38Beautiful and cuddly.
06:40They had odd eyes.
06:41Very unique cats.
06:43Seeing that Van is here, I'd like to go see where they came from.
06:49No, I like the sound of that.
06:51Yeah.
06:51I do like the sound of that.
06:53He's kind of bewitched me with talk of Van.
06:56I think he's hypnotised me a bit to want to go there
06:59because I just went, yes, I'd like to go there.
07:02An adventure.
07:03It's an adventure.
07:04It is an adventure.
07:05Into the unknown.
07:06We've got it in us to catch up with Katie and Harrison.
07:09Whether it's a good move or not in the race,
07:12we are heading to Van.
07:13Let's do it. Let's go.
07:14Let's go.
07:15Mark's feline-friendly plan
07:17make a 660km punt east to Lake Van.
07:21Do you think we can catch Katie and Harrison
07:23and do this route at the same time?
07:25I've got a good feeling about it.
07:26A really good feeling about it.
07:29Straight to the bus station.
07:31Yeah.
07:32Just 38 minutes behind.
07:34We did really good last leg.
07:35Yeah.
07:36Best friends Joe and Kush.
07:38Just, like, kind of moving away from not caring about the budget
07:41to start to bump it up again.
07:43So, honestly, any work we can get our hands on, we can do.
07:47Yeah.
07:47After spending big to stay in the race, the boys are beginning the leg with nearly 10% less than
07:53their competitors.
07:55Last leg we did everything to not be eliminated and not included.
07:58A pretty hefty taxi.
07:59No, we've got budget concerns, so we need to make money.
08:03We need to find the city busy, please.
08:05Yeah.
08:05We just need to get on the bus first.
08:09People that are behind us are going to catch up with us, so I expect the boys to appear any
08:13minute.
08:14All concertina together.
08:15Yeah.
08:16There are the boys.
08:17How are you?
08:19Good, how are you?
08:20You look well rested.
08:21Do you know where you're going now?
08:22Yeah.
08:23Have you got a plan?
08:23Have you got a plan?
08:24Yeah.
08:25We have a plan, yeah.
08:26Are we allowed to know where you're heading to?
08:28I don't know.
08:29I don't know.
08:31We're heading to Vam to see the test.
08:32We're going to Vam.
08:34They're trying to problem.
08:35They're trying to get information out.
08:37Yeah.
08:38Margot's job is to read people.
08:39They're going to copy our strategy, our planning, so we're going to have to keep more hush.
08:44I think the boys are on fire, though.
08:47They've got something to prove for themselves.
08:49To get first place.
08:50I think they'd love to get first place.
08:52Yeah.
08:52The boys are being very shady about where they're going.
08:56Very, like...
08:57And I think they're going to race as if their life depends upon it.
09:02See you, boys.
09:03We'll see you guys soon.
09:04Take care.
09:04We might have to up our game.
09:06See you, boys.
09:07Good luck.
09:10Will we sit down here?
09:11We can look at the map head, all right?
09:12Aye, will do.
09:12OK.
09:14Woo-hoo!
09:15Last to depart.
09:16I think the obvious route at the moment is to go up and across northern Turkey.
09:21Andrew and his daughter Molly.
09:23And we could go and see the gods on Mount Nemrut.
09:26But I'd like to kind of meet more people, learn about their culture.
09:29That's what I wanted to do on this trip.
09:32But we had a beautiful time at Mount Olympus.
09:34And maybe the gods have locked on us.
09:36And maybe we need to go and kind of thank the gods for allowing us to get through to the
09:40next stage.
09:41But I don't want to take over here now.
09:43Yeah, I know.
09:43All right?
09:44What do you think?
09:47It would be amazing, I'm telling you.
09:48You'll love it.
09:49OK.
09:50I'm excited.
09:51I know you're excited.
09:53I know.
09:54A bit annoyed in the route we've taken.
09:57The whole point of this trip is taking in culture, seeing people.
10:01But he's so excited.
10:02So I've had to say yes.
10:05Feeling the pull of a summit once again, Andrew plots a course for Mount Nemrut,
10:10just three hours drive away before heading inland through eastern Turkiyah.
10:16Molly, I'm thinking eastern Turkey.
10:18Yeah.
10:18It's all very direct, going to Georgia.
10:20So this might actually pay off and get us back in the race.
10:24I'm confident that it's going to be a good route to see what we want to see.
10:27But also quick enough routes, because we need to move up the table a bit.
10:30So it's rather than being fort.
10:31If we can get experience and a bit of speed as well, what more can we ask?
10:39So look.
10:40Mardine.
10:41Yes.
10:42Where are you from?
10:43England.
10:44He is dead.
10:45England.
10:46Yeah.
10:47Your name?
10:48France.
10:49France.
10:50Also heading east.
10:51Do you get it?
10:52What is our guide?
10:53Joe and Kush have answered an ad in the jobs directory and are on their way to the city of
10:58Mardin.
10:59We've got our work sorted.
11:01But I think we should start speaking to people about accommodation.
11:05How are you?
11:08Do you know any very cheap hotel or hostel in Mardin?
11:12I think we always have to see you at the company.
11:14I think we might be quiet.
11:15But they're not too cheap.
11:18I'll tell you.
11:22Do you have to pay some money if you are.
11:24Do you have to pay them?
11:26Do you have to pay them?
11:27Do they pay them?
11:29Do they pay them?
11:32Yeah.
11:33You can stay with him.
11:34I mean, Mardin?
11:40We feel like guests. We've got free accommodation, so I'm making money.
11:44We are going to get first, please.
11:49The only team heading to the coast...
11:52Is this the longest motor transport we've done so far?
11:54Yes.
11:55Katie and Harrison are still waiting for their 14-hour overnight bus.
12:00Before I go on the bus, I really need to moisturise my elbows.
12:05Wash my face now before I go on there.
12:07Maybe brush my teeth before I go on there.
12:09Yeah. And then I'm going to put some leggings on so that I can properly relax and get comfortable if
12:15it gets cold as well.
12:16I'm going to plait my hair so it doesn't get knotty.
12:20This is my bag?
12:21Yeah.
12:25Blanket.
12:25Well, you're disgusting, aren't you?
12:27Sorted.
12:28You need to take better care of yourself, you scruff.
12:30Sorted.
12:30No wonder you don't get any women.
12:32You're minga.
12:35Look at this bus. Looks class.
12:37Looks nice, isn't it?
12:39Yeah, class.
12:40Better.
12:41I agree, better already.
12:43Got my eye mask.
12:45Got my pink hair plugs.
12:47Good night.
12:52That's a view.
12:54God damn!
12:56Just 20 kilometres from the Syrian border, Marden's stone houses cling to the hillside, overlooking the vast Mesopotamian plain.
13:36Aw, thank you.
13:37Juice?
13:38Juice?
13:38You can go to have a new menu, sir.
13:40Egg.
13:40Or maybe like a gin, though.
13:42Whatever.
13:43Wow, good.
13:44Nice.
13:45Don't be shy, eat until you're full.
13:48He knows, he knows.
13:51He knows, he knows.
13:52He's been very kind to us.
13:54We've just had dinner with him.
13:55He's let us have a shower.
14:25He's laid these beds out for us.
14:28High in the Taurus Mountains, Andrew and Molly have reached Mount Nemrud.
14:35Look at that, that is amazing.
14:37Wow.
14:38Beautiful, isn't it?
14:38That's exceptional.
14:40Impressive.
14:43Here, 10 metres stone gods stand vigil, built more than 2,000 years ago by King Antiochus I. Believing himself
14:52divine, he demanded a tomb among the gods. A monument that still gazes out across Comagene, the ancient kingdom he
15:01once ruled.
15:03Very cool.
15:05Daddy, look at them. Where's he gone?
15:08That just sums us up. I'm looking at the human geography and he's looking at the physical geography.
15:13Molly.
15:14You come here, look. You come here. You can really see the crater rim as it makes its whole way
15:21around.
15:22But that's what created all those lakes, locked out.
15:26Because it doesn't seem to be any rivers or anything, but you can see obviously the lakes have all been
15:30blocked.
15:31Daddy.
15:32Do you know what? I do love a hike and I do love a pretty sky.
15:36And I'll make the most of it when I'm here, but I also just love a bit of crack.
15:40I do think at the moment that we're missing talking to people, chatting with people, dancing with people.
15:47I just, I love meeting people.
15:48Uh-huh.
15:49During this trip, I'd love to kind of see, like, I don't know, a bit of life, yeah, a bit
15:55of party.
15:55I know. But I love, you know, I love getting up in the morning. A bit of solitude, a bit
15:59of quiet time, just to see the sun rising. This is right up my street.
16:05Look at the clouds.
16:06That is crazy.
16:07The clouds are just stunning.
16:10For me, the race is about proving to Daddy that I am capable.
16:14Yeah, I'm a junior doctor, but Daddy's very much top dog and he'd be the main influencer on the trip
16:20and, like, there's no pretending that kind of daddy-daughter dynamic.
16:25Like, that doesn't matter.
16:26But I think we do need to break this default of, like, everything Daddy says is 100% perfect and
16:33correct and what I say is maybe not fully trustable.
16:37There's the sun, though.
16:38Yeah.
16:39Here she comes. It's beautiful.
16:41I would love for Daddy to get what he wants out of this race, but I would also very much
16:46like him to know that my opinion is also very much there to be respected.
16:52Wow.
16:55And that was amazing.
16:57Did you get your fix?
16:59I did.
17:00There's a visitor's centre down at the bottom, so might be able to have a look through that.
17:04I think we need to move on.
17:08Yo, Bob, John, it's work, yo!
17:11Being in Upper Hubern, doing chores to earn a keep.
17:16Singing while I work like a Scouse move.
17:20Also in Southeast Anatolia.
17:23So much dust.
17:25Joe and Kush press ahead with their budget-building mission.
17:29Cleaning rooms at a hotel in Marden.
17:31Look at that, lad.
17:32That view.
17:34That's Syria.
17:35I wouldn't have guessed that.
17:39900 kilometres north-west, the drive has been pretty stunning, hasn't it?
17:44Very stunning.
17:45On the left of us, the Black Sea.
17:47On the right, there's been, like, these huge green mountains.
17:52Joining the coastal highway, Katie and Harrison are approaching Samson.
17:58So excited, some vanilla cake as well.
18:02Check, John.
18:03Over Turkish box.
18:07You and your revolving doors.
18:08I love revolving doors.
18:09I know you do.
18:11Mark and Margot have made it to Van and are now the team closest to the checkpoint.
18:17Ardahan.
18:18And from Ardahan, I think that would give us a crossing across the border.
18:21Yeah.
18:23£8.45 tomorrow.
18:24£1,400 each.
18:25£2,800.
18:26It's just nice to have this sorted, though, isn't it, Mark?
18:29Done.
18:30Cheers, thank you.
18:31Seeing as we've done it now, we're here.
18:33There's no bus till tomorrow.
18:35Perhaps we could see if there's anything lively happening.
18:45Look at that.
18:48My cat looks similar to that.
18:49It was orange and white.
18:52Native to the shores of Turquia's largest lake,
18:56van cats are famed for their striking eyes,
18:59their water-resistant fur,
19:01and an unusual love of swimming.
19:05This is Lake Van.
19:07That's huge, isn't it?
19:09Not a Turkish van cat in sight.
19:12We haven't seen one, have we?
19:13No.
19:13Oh, is that a cat over there?
19:15In that woman's arms?
19:17No, it's a baby, I think.
19:19Oh, it's a baby.
19:19I thought it was a cat.
19:28Oh, my God.
19:47Oh, my God.
19:49Oh, my God.
19:51stay in the cabin these get murdered in them but i'm hoping it's not those vibes
20:01this is exactly what i thought we'd be doing to be honest i'm quite happy to be doing it
20:06the siblings are working as laborers for cattle farmer s act we've always helped around the house
20:13especially when we live with mum and she wasn't as well maybe we did more than other kids
20:22yeah i'm definitely not scared to get my hands dirty if dad wanted a lucky job
20:28helper it'd definitely be me over harrison
20:33it would be come on now you've always been the princess i wouldn't say princess you have
20:38i'm just not you hate a smell you hate things getting on your fingers you hate like come on now
20:45that's fine i won't say princess no oh she's just broken it it looks like what i might just be
20:53hungry it looks like baklava
20:59okay
21:04as that speaks as much english as i speak
21:08turkish
21:16other chickens are asleep asleep then it will be an interesting one i'll just make lots of
21:21yummy noises i reckon and just sort of laugh and smile and nod along and just try and be as
21:56appreciative as i can
21:56as you can see
21:57as you can see
21:59you've been manchester birmingham oh birmingham
22:02cambridge
22:05our mama from from cambridge cambridge yes
22:09our mom from cambridge
22:11we have a lot of snow when it goes that is it's called snow that's in engleter snow
22:20how are you good
22:28car picture of cesco express
22:36tesco tesco yeah tesco
22:40charshambanya selama
23:10Oh, he's singing.
23:14Very good. Good. Very good.
23:22He's made that hilarious.
23:25I came into this just as apprehensive of you,
23:27but, like, putting a brave face on.
23:30And I absolutely loved every second of it.
23:32I'm beaming. That was...that was beautiful.
23:35My heart is full. My heart is warm.
23:37I didn't know that was my favourite moment on the race somehow.
23:39Thank you very much.
23:41OK.
23:46Two.
23:47Oh, OK.
23:54Shall we try and find a bar around here?
23:56Yes.
23:57A bit of action.
23:59Some dancing, some music.
24:00At least some music to listen to.
24:02Booked on a bus to the border tomorrow...
24:05Some perelytes.
24:06Oh!
24:07Look at that place up there.
24:08..a chance for Mark and Margot to sample Van's nightlife.
24:12Oh, this looks like a good choice, Mark.
24:18Oh, my God, it's magical.
24:20And there's some music. This is fantastic.
24:25What is the music?
24:27What style of music will it be tonight?
24:29Folk music.
24:30Folk music? Yeah.
24:31Is it Kurdish folk music?
24:32Yeah, Kurdish.
24:33Cheers, Margot.
24:34To a good day.
24:34To a very good day, yes.
24:41Kurdish folk music carries the story of a people,
24:44the resilience, identity and history across the Middle East.
24:48to a very good food and culture.
24:52Well, you can say!
24:53Ahemma!
24:55Ahemma!
24:58Ahemma!
24:59Ahemma!
25:01Ahemma!
25:02Yay!
25:04Appreciate it!
25:05Love it!
25:06Fantastic, isn't it?
25:09What's your name?
25:10Ayesha.
25:10Ayesha.
25:11Oh, I like this. It's very pretty. I'm Marga.
25:13Really? Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
25:16You're so sweet.
25:18Can I sit a second, yes?
25:20How old are you?
25:22I am 59, like a grandma.
25:25Wow, no!
25:27You are not a grandma.
25:29I'm 19 years old also.
25:3119? Yes.
25:32I like to come with the young people just because it's nice, isn't it?
25:34I have two children. My daughter is 17.
25:3717? And my son is 20.
25:3921? Yes.
25:41I have six siblings.
25:42Three girls, three boys.
25:44Wow. I have four brothers.
25:47Four brothers?
25:47And four sisters.
25:49One more each of them.
25:50One more each.
25:52So it's nine.
25:52You're a really Kurdish family.
25:54You have a Kurdish family?
25:55I have a Kurdish family, yes.
25:57Oh.
26:00And so are you.
26:01You're a beautiful young woman.
26:03Thank you so much.
26:05Tonight we found somewhere really special.
26:07And it was quite unexpected.
26:09And I met this gorgeous group of young women.
26:11And they're so proud of their culture.
26:14And it just felt so warm and so, oh, vibrant.
26:19Are you lonely, Ma?
26:21No, are you enjoying yourself?
26:22I've got some new friends.
26:24Hi.
26:25You look so younger.
26:28I told them you're 66.
26:30Whoa.
26:30That's amazing.
26:32I really want this to be a trip for Mark.
26:35But I think I might have missed some places on the way
26:37that I would have liked to have stopped and seen.
26:39And I've realised that it's about balance, really.
26:42You love the atmosphere here, don't you?
26:43Absolutely.
26:45Absolutely beautiful.
26:46And, you know, I'd like to do some things
26:48that I would really, really, really passionately enjoy
26:50that light me up.
26:53I like to meet people.
26:55I like to talk with people.
26:56I like to laugh with people.
26:57And I'm hoping we'll prioritise that in the coming weeks.
27:12We're literally going across half of Turkey.
27:16Speeding along the coastal highway towards Hoppe.
27:20Hello.
27:21Do you speak English?
27:23Can we come and stay with you tonight?
27:26My home?
27:27Yes, your house.
27:28Yes, OK.
27:29Following the success of their first homestay,
27:32the siblings are setting up another.
27:34Perfect.
27:34Thank you very much.
27:36Are you laughing at me?
27:38Hello.
27:38Do you speak English?
27:40A little.
27:40Can I stay with you tonight?
27:45We need to go to the Ottergar.
27:46Ottergar?
27:47The bus station in Tadfan.
27:49In south-east Turkey,
27:51continuing their journey from Mount Nemrut,
27:54Andrew and Molly still have 550 kilometres to reach Georgia.
27:58Yeah.
27:58We need to go much faster than this.
28:01I know, I know.
28:02Plan A.
28:03Yeah.
28:03Let's get as close as we can tonight to the border.
28:07Because as soon as anything can get across the border,
28:09he should be able to get a bus to Debrisi quite quickly.
28:12All right, kid?
28:13Plan?
28:16We should be in Georgia by tonight.
28:18What do you reckon?
28:19Hopefully, yes.
28:20He should be, yes.
28:21Already closing in on the crossing, Mark and Margot.
28:25Snip, snip, snip.
28:26I'm going to cut your map.
28:28No, we're not cutting my map.
28:28I think we should cut the map and just leave the bits that we need.
28:31If the map is badly folded, it's no reflection on you as the person, Mark.
28:36Close behind.
28:37It's so beautiful.
28:38Beautiful.
28:39Fresh off an overnight bus, Joe and Kush have stopped just short of the border in Susus.
28:46Look at this, bro.
28:47Oh, wow.
28:48How are you doing this?
28:49This is...
28:50Oh, this is sick.
28:52What's this for my meal?
28:53It's like grandma's house.
28:54Turkish grandma's?
28:56Protecting their budget once again, they're staying with Adil and his wife, Beren,
29:01helping to care for their flock of over 100 free-range geese.
29:06We come from...
29:08Liverpool.
29:08Liverpool, football, match.
29:10Football, good.
29:11Yeah, football.
29:11Oh, and...
29:12Mo Salah?
29:13Mo Salah, huh?
29:15Here are the geese.
29:17What?
29:25It's a mini-stump here, isn't it?
29:27No, yeah.
29:30Raised on open pasture, the region's cool climate creates the ideal environment to rear the birds.
29:40Prized across Turkey for their high nutritional value and succulent texture.
29:45Yeah?
29:47It is quite a change coming to the east side of Turkey.
29:51When I think of Turkey, you think, like, holiday destination, busy people, very touristy place,
29:58but I don't think we expected this whole experience.
30:02Like, there was birds that were doing flips.
30:05That's mad.
30:06I wish our pigeons did this.
30:08Like, this isn't the type of thing you'd see in Liverpool, you know?
30:11I think this is the geese shit.
30:13There's some things in life that have to be done.
30:16Yeah?
30:17Me and Jarry, we're happy to do it.
30:18What do you need us to do?
30:20We came here for work, and in return, a bed.
30:24It pretty much sums up our plan on this leg to save money.
30:29I swear some of these are trying to square up.
30:34I defo could put this on my CV.
30:36I shoveled bird poop.
30:38One of the jobs we've done.
30:39Hotel, hospitality, waiters, geese.
30:44Yeah, my CV's going to be so thick.
30:47We have both finished our educations, we've got our grades,
30:50and now it's a case of whether we want to work or university,
30:56apprenticeships, anything,
30:57and this is the perfect opportunity to think about the future.
31:01This is sick.
31:02Coming to the middle of nowhere.
31:04No, this is heaviness.
31:06I hope this experience will broaden my vision
31:10and open my eyes to see what I may want to do,
31:14but also discover what I maybe don't want to do.
31:19Jar, which is heavier?
31:21A kilogram of geese shit or a kilogram of chicken shit?
31:24They're both a kilogram.
31:25What do you mean?
31:27Oh, a trick question.
31:29What are you?
31:30We are both going to experience so many different cultures,
31:34different kinds of people, different attitudes to life.
31:37I just clocked and we're taking the geese for the water.
31:40Oh, we actually are taking the geese for the water.
31:42This race, it's a lifetime of exploring in such a short amount of time.
31:46I think it's going to open up a lot of doors that not many people
31:50have the privilege to unlock.
31:54That is adorable.
31:59I was supposed to get him back.
32:05This is Hopper. Fantastic.
32:08At the eastern edge of the Black Sea shoreline, Katie and Harrison have arrived in Hopper,
32:14where they've arranged a homestay at a nearby tea farm.
32:17But first...
32:19Let's go.
32:20Let's go.
32:20They look to book onward transport towards the checkpoint for tomorrow.
32:24Tbilisi?
32:25Yeah.
32:26With bus?
32:27Yeah.
32:27Tomorrow?
32:28No buses tomorrow?
32:31No, not.
32:31No bus tomorrow?
32:34No.
32:46No bus tomorrow?
32:49No.
32:49Perfect.
32:54With no choice but to stay in Hopper for two nights, they risk falling a full day behind
33:00in the race.
33:01It's not ideal.
33:02It's rubbish.
33:04It's pretty terrible.
33:06It's okay.
33:07It's not okay.
33:09The transport's not the best in the world for the timings, so we're just stuck and feel
33:15helpless.
33:16And there's nothing we can really do about that.
33:19Maybe other teams are finding it just as hard as well.
33:23Or at least that's what I'm telling myself.
33:25Karma, karma.
33:27If you're talking to karma, karma, I'm going to throw myself in the Black Sea.
33:34We are going to Tbilisi.
33:36What's the best way to get to Tbilisi?
33:38Cars.
33:39Cars.
33:39How do we get to Cars?
33:41Here.
33:41Okay, perfect.
33:44Trailing behind, Andrew and Molly have reached the transport hub of Tatvan.
33:50Were you trying to go to Cars tonight?
33:52No bus.
33:53No bus.
33:53Is there anywhere else around here?
33:56No.
33:57No buses anywhere tonight?
33:59No.
34:00Nobody seems to run buses at night time.
34:02How can we get to Tbilisi?
34:05Yes.
34:06Yes.
34:07Can we get a bus?
34:09Can we get a train?
34:10Can we get a bike?
34:12Tomorrow bus.
34:13Yes.
34:13To Ezerum.
34:15When is that bus?
34:178.30.
34:18At 8.30 in the morning?
34:19Yes.
34:20Molly, take your bag.
34:22We're a bit stuck.
34:24There seems to be no buses tonight, but there is a bus to Ezerum tomorrow morning.
34:29Why is there no buses?
34:31Molly, I can't answer that question, Petal.
34:35If we are in Ezerum tomorrow, would we get a bus from Ezerum to Tbilisi?
34:41Every hour you can go to Tbilisi.
34:43Daddy, he's speaking through him.
34:44He's not giving us independent information.
34:46Do you want to go to Tbilisi?
34:50Do you want to go to Tbilisi?
34:51Do you want to go to Tbilisi?
34:52Do you want to go to Tbilisi?
34:53Do you want to go to Tbilisi?
34:54Two days?
34:55I'm just, I'm a bit frustrated at the minute because Daddy is not listening to me at all
34:59and he's telling me to shush, which is really annoying me, so it's okay.
35:05But at the same time, I'm always dirty myself, so I don't know.
35:12So what do you want to do?
35:13I don't know.
35:14I don't know.
35:16I'm not really sure what to do.
35:18I actually have no gut instinct.
35:20It's a bit annoying.
35:20I normally have something telling me, so I'm kind of thinking a full day behind is what
35:27we're looking at if we stay tonight.
35:29It's a choice between budget and getting there.
35:31We could pay 7,000 for a taxi or 2,400, get a hotel here.
35:37I think I'm just tired and I really mean that.
35:40I just think I'm a bit tired.
35:41What do we need more at this moment in time, Pat?
35:43A bed.
35:45Okay.
35:48Bit of tension tonight between the two of us.
35:50Daddy just kept telling me to shh.
35:52And I find it really difficult when you are just as good at getting information,
35:57but you're kind of put in the back burner.
35:59So I was struggling and I got a wee bit tense for a moment.
36:03Stress levels are up.
36:07Oh, jeez.
36:08I've never felt tired in my life.
36:22Good breakfast, man.
36:24We could definitely get to checkpoints today.
36:25Absolutely.
36:25We could actually be fighting for first.
36:28I do know as we move fast.
36:29True.
36:30I think that we've got a very good chance.
36:34We've got to get straight back into race mode.
36:36We've got to get straight back into the game.
36:37Oh.
36:39Hopefully, we're going to be a couple of hours ahead from the other teams.
36:42Fingers crossed.
36:43We've kept moving.
36:44We've got good transport connections so far.
36:45Touch wood.
36:46Let's go.
36:47We're going to put off.
36:49They're direct to Tbilis.
36:50Get in the first bus.
36:51The second bus.
36:52On the checkpoint.
36:53Boom.
36:54Boom.
36:55The boys' plan.
36:56Take a minibus to POS off and cross the border.
37:01Already on Georgian soil, Mark and Margo.
37:08Mark, let me in.
37:10But just 200 kilometres shy of the checkpoint, the progress is put on hold.
37:16How are you feeling?
37:17I'm not for you too, but I must admit.
37:19No.
37:19Okay.
37:20You're the priority.
37:21Even if we lose, like, you know, hours.
37:23Exactly.
37:23No.
37:24There's no point in me sitting in the hotel while ill, is there?
37:27So you getting that?
37:28Yeah.
37:28I've got to get out and experience this place.
37:31Do you want to take the money with you?
37:32Yes.
37:34I might feel better later, son.
37:36I'll draw these curtains for you.
37:37Let you have a little more rest.
37:39All right.
37:40Take care.
37:43Came here mainly Alcatsiki for Mark,
37:46but now it's going to be Margo's day.
37:48I am sorry Mark's sick.
37:50It's disappointing in race terms,
37:52and I do fear we're going to be training in fourth place.
37:56Not a lot we can do about it,
37:58so I'm not going to get upset about it.
38:00I'm just going to go eat some dumplings and drink some wine,
38:02because if you can't do anything about it,
38:04you've just got to live your best life.
38:06Absolutely gorgeous.
38:07The castle looks amazing.
38:10In a valley surrounded by the Muschietti Mountains,
38:14Akatsiki, watching over the city,
38:17the 1,100-year-old fortress,
38:20its walls sheltering a mosque, church and a synagogue.
38:25It's the castle called Akatsiki, which means Newcastle.
38:30Newcastle in Georgia.
38:31Look at this.
38:33Mark would just be beyond himself with post-scouted excitement if he was here.
38:40I'm feeling pretty ropey this morning.
38:43I had TT troubles all night, tummy trouble, so I haven't slept at all.
38:47It is frustrating.
38:49I would have loved to get to Tbilisi this evening.
38:52I don't think that's going to happen, but we'll wait and see if I can recover.
39:00Oh, that's nice.
39:01I like this one.
39:04I like that one.
39:05I think this is my favourite.
39:07OK, that's it.
39:08I'll finish these off.
39:09Yeah, those are, of course.
39:10OK, thank you.
39:12A little Georgian wine tasting we've got going here.
39:15I'm not really sure Mark would be pleased that I'm spending money on wine,
39:18but I hope he'll be OK with this.
39:21He'll be glad that I'm happy anyway, so...
39:24Oh, no, now I'm getting guilt.
39:27OK.
39:28He's going to be...
39:30I don't know what he's going to say when I get back.
39:33Amazing.
39:34These are huge.
39:39Homemade cognac.
39:40Cheers.
39:42I could drink a lot more of that.
39:44The truth is out.
39:46£10.
39:47So that is an absolute steal.
39:50I think I have done fabulously.
39:57Part of coming on the race was like running away from real life
39:59and just enjoying myself and just be me for a change
40:03and just go, let rip, you know?
40:06I love doing different things and I love doing new things all the time
40:10and experiences and excitement.
40:12When I had my children, it was like, no, you have to kind of, you know,
40:15you've got this work to be done.
40:16It can be joyful work, but it's a slog.
40:20I never planned to have the life I had.
40:22I never planned to be a mum and settle into suburban lifestyle
40:27and it kind of...it kind of happened.
40:32But, um...
40:33The chance to do this was like to step back into that time of mischief.
40:39In my real life, there's just so many different pulls on my time
40:43and responsibilities, but here, they're gone.
40:47I'm going to put it in.
40:47I think I'm going to do this.
40:49I'm going to do it.
40:49Do you want to do it?
40:51Um, um, um, um...
40:58Tea?
40:59Tea?
41:00Tea.
41:00It's tea.
41:00OK.
41:01Yeah.
41:01Doesn't look anything like he does in a tea bag.
41:06190 kilometres west, still in Turquia, Katie and Harrison are repaying their bed and board
41:16by helping farmer Harun with his family business.
41:20Very nice. Nice, nice.
41:23So this is all your tea?
41:26Tea.
41:26Your brother tea?
41:28Brother tea.
41:29Brother tea?
41:30Me tea.
41:30Is that tea up there?
41:31Cosm, cosm, cosm, cosm, beautiful cosm, everybody, cosm.
41:37And then you sell?
41:40Business, money, OK.
41:42OK.
41:43Very nice business.
41:44Very good, very good.
41:46This is a pretty special landscape.
41:49It's probably the most breathtaking landscape I've ever seen.
41:56Hopa's lush, forested mountains lie within Turquia's prime tea-growing region, along the eastern Black Sea coast.
42:06Introduced in 1918 by botanist Ali Riza Erten, tea has since become central to the local economy.
42:16I've always wanted to, um, see places like this.
42:20I know a lot of my friends have gone to see tea farms.
42:23Have they?
42:24I think I was a bit gutted when I didn't get to go travelling the year after sixth form.
42:31Did you really want to go?
42:33Yeah.
42:35God, yeah.
42:37Oh, why didn't you go?
42:38I think Mum was at her worst then.
42:41I just couldn't leave Mum for an extended period of time.
42:46Yeah.
42:46Just wouldn't have wanted to go just in case anything bad happened.
42:51Yeah.
42:51We'd want to be around.
42:52Yeah.
42:54Mum's doing a lot better now, but I think we've cared for Mum for the last ten years on and
42:59off.
43:00It's interesting, like, the phrase, cared for Mum, because doesn't everyone care for their Mum?
43:05But maybe we did it a little bit more intensely.
43:08Washing, cooking, on the really bad days, it would be, like, helping dresser and things like that, really.
43:15I think it was a time of a lot of hospital visits.
43:20Visits, yeah.
43:21Appointments, emergency visits, so, yeah.
43:26Mum became ill, um...
43:29It was after the separation with Dad.
43:31It started with the fibromyalgia.
43:34Yeah.
43:35Chronic fatigue.
43:36Slip disc in her back that last two years.
43:40There is nothing you can do if she's screaming out in pain.
43:43There's nothing you can do apart from holding her hand.
43:46I remember you felt like a pressure to push the doctor to keep asking questions about,
43:52but what can we do, like, back in 18, 19, I'm not the most confident now.
43:56I definitely wasn't there.
43:58And I just, I just couldn't.
44:01The bit that took a toll on me was just constantly seeing her in pain.
44:08Like, that just broke me, like, and knowing there's just nothing you can do.
44:14And nothing no-one else can do.
44:16But just sit there and watch her in so much pain.
44:20Probably the emotional side of it took more of a toll on you.
44:24Yeah.
44:25My use was more practical, maybe.
44:29I think I actually took on more emotional responsibility despite me being younger.
44:38Yeah, yeah, because that was what you were good at.
44:40Yeah.
44:40Or better at than me.
44:48I have a slight feeling of guilt towards how much Katie cared for Mum.
44:55And looking back, what I wanted to do at that point
44:57was spend all every hour of the day on my Xbox
44:59or with my mates playing football.
45:02So I think I would be a little bit selfish
45:05in terms of prioritise what I want to do.
45:08But then when you hear about how much Katie took on from that,
45:11then maybe I feel a little bit more guilty
45:13in the fact that I didn't take as much of the emotional weight as Katie did.
45:19I think I would have liked to have talked to Harrison more
45:24about the emotional side
45:28because I think that took a big toll on me growing up.
45:33And to be able to talk to him about that would have been nice
45:36just to be able to share that and not, like, have it by myself.
45:42So maybe that's a good place to start whilst we're racing.
45:47Take a cup of tea.
45:49Yeah, I'd love a cup of tea.
45:54Bus station?
45:55Bus station?
45:56Yes, yes, bus station.
45:58Let's get going.
46:00Fingers crossed we can get on a coach
46:02and get to checkpoint tonight.
46:05You think we'll make it, Mark?
46:07Oh, I don't know.
46:08I hope we do.
46:09With Mark back on his feet,
46:11the in-laws restart their push to the checkpoint.
46:16It looks all closed up, doesn't it?
46:19Tbilisi, 6.20 in the morning.
46:22So there's nothing to Tbilisi till tomorrow.
46:25Mm.
46:26So we could go to bed now, get up tomorrow and get that bus.
46:30Or how much would a cab cost?
46:32No idea at all.
46:33But how much would, you know, a bed for the night cost?
46:36We'd save it on a bed, wouldn't we?
46:38It would be, yeah.
46:38If it's going to cost us.
46:39It's a balancing act, isn't it?
46:41How much is a taxi to Tbilisi?
46:43200 lari.
46:44200 lari.
46:45How much is that?
46:46A lot.
46:47It's 57 quid.
46:49How long?
46:50Three hours.
46:51Three hours?
46:52Yes, yes.
46:5310 o'clock we get in.
46:56What are we going to do?
46:58It's up to you.
47:00It's budget versus speed.
47:06Hello.
47:07We're trying to go to Tbilisi.
47:09330 kilometres behind and trailing in last place,
47:13Andrew and Molly have made it to Erzurum
47:16and are still looking for a bus to the checkpoint.
47:19Go direct to Tbilisi?
47:20If we can.
47:20Yeah, direct.
47:21No, first between Hoppe.
47:22Hoppe.
47:23Hoppe to Tbilisi direct.
47:25What time will we arrive?
47:27Five hours later, you are arrived to Hoppe.
47:29Hoppe is five hours away.
47:31Five hours, and then, after the Hoppe, you can check it out of the company.
47:35No choice, Molly.
47:37Cheers.
47:38I'm a bit nervous.
47:41We originally planned to go through the middle of Turkey, avoiding the coastal route,
47:46but what's actually happened is we've ended up doing the coastal route a bit backwards
47:50and probably a bit hours ways.
47:51It's a bit annoying that we've had to go all over the place, but it is what it is.
47:55With no direct bus to Tbilisi, they've booked a 240-kilometre detour via the coastal town
48:03of Hoppe.
48:04I don't know.
48:06I'm not sure if this is a good decision.
48:08What do you think?
48:10I think it's better to ask.
48:13Hello.
48:14Could you help me?
48:16Is Hoppe the quickest route to Tbilisi?
48:19No.
48:20No?
48:21No.
48:21No, don't go to Hoppe.
48:23Hoppe.
48:23Don't go to Hoppe.
48:25Rizé to Tbilisi.
48:26Rizé at 9.30 is Tbilisi.
48:28OK, perfect.
48:29Enjoy.
48:32The bus driver has said better to get off at Rizé.
48:37Yeah.
48:37And then from Rizé, there's a straight bus to Tbilisi.
48:41Tonight.
48:42Tonight.
48:42OK, kid.
48:43Trust you.
48:45Hope and pray, no?
48:48Molly's new plan.
48:50Make up time by getting off early in Rizé
48:52and catch an overnight bus direct to the checkpoint.
48:57Rizé?
48:58Rizé.
48:59Rizé.
48:59Rizé.
48:59Right, come on.
49:00This could be a major risk.
49:03Tbilisi?
49:04Yes.
49:05Tonight.
49:05Tonight.
49:06Tonight.
49:06Do your tickets?
49:07Yes.
49:09Thank you, thank you.
49:11Perfect.
49:12OK.
49:14We got off a stop early.
49:16The bus driver on the bus kind of gave us an indication
49:18that there was buses, but, you know,
49:20it's the language barrier.
49:21You can't trust anything until you actually physically have a ticket,
49:23but I have a ticket that says Tbilisi,
49:25so that's not what I care about.
49:27Well done, kid.
49:29Daddy's very much a daddy.
49:31He takes the lead,
49:32but every now and again,
49:34I step in.
49:35You ready?
49:35Three, two, one.
49:37Oh!
49:39Yeah, yeah, yeah!
49:39Oh!
49:40As a parent, you realise that time goes very, very quickly.
49:43Whee!
49:46When they go from that age to the age she is at the minute,
49:49that time flies.
49:51Oh, we won!
49:52Yay!
49:52There's a point where you have to let them grow up
49:55and be who she is going to be in this world.
49:58Oh, get them all fun!
50:00Yay!
50:01It's hard letting Molly take control,
50:03because, I mean, all daddies want to be needed,
50:05but it is very difficult as a father,
50:07so it's a work in progress,
50:09and I am struggling with that.
50:11Big kick!
50:12Oh!
50:12Wow!
50:13But we're making great memories on this trip,
50:15so that's what this is all about.
50:18Tbilisi, here we come.
50:22Taxi?
50:22To Tbilisi.
50:24Tbilisi?
50:24Tbilisi.
50:26Let's go.
50:27What do you think's worth it?
50:28I think it's worth it.
50:30Having caught a minibus to cross into Georgia,
50:33Joe and Kush spend their earnings
50:34on a 230-kilometre taxi ride
50:37straight to Tbilisi.
50:39Go fast.
50:41Hey, here we go.
50:43Here we go.
50:44Yeah.
50:44I think this was a good decision.
50:46Yeah, yeah.
50:47We'll get there today,
50:49and I just think the guarantee is worth it
50:51of spending that extra bit of money.
50:54To be fair, lad,
50:54we have saved a lot this leg.
50:56We have.
50:59Whoa, Tbilisi!
51:00Tbilisi, here we come.
51:01Yes, it's arrived.
51:03How fast was that, then?
51:04Just ahead,
51:06Mark and Margot have also opted for speed over budget.
51:10We're doing what we have to do
51:12to get to checkpoint as fast as possible.
51:14Yeah, yeah.
51:15This time we had to get a taxi, didn't we?
51:17I think we've lost too much time otherwise.
51:19Yeah.
51:19I don't think we're that far behind everyone,
51:21to be honest.
51:21Staying in the game.
51:23Staying in the game, Mark!
51:27The vibrant heart of Georgia.
51:30Tbilisi.
51:32Its architecture is diverse as its history.
51:35Onion-domed churches and Soviet tower blocks
51:38stand shoulder to shoulder
51:41with ultra-modern structures,
51:43built as part of an effort
51:45to reinvent the city
51:46after the fall of the Soviet Union.
51:49Thank you very much.
51:51Sick.
51:52Right, game on, Mark!
51:56Head down toward the river
51:59and find the Bridge of Peace.
52:02Cross the river,
52:04follow the path upstream.
52:05All right.
52:06You ready to rock and roll?
52:08Excuse me?
52:09Bridge of Peace?
52:10I don't.
52:11You don't know.
52:13Quite a nice behemoth lifestyle down here.
52:15Excuse me.
52:16Bridge of Peace?
52:17Let me see this layer of lamps.
52:19The lamps, okay.
52:20Well done, Mark.
52:21You're still on fire,
52:22even if your belly's on fire too.
52:25Bro, I think that's it, you know.
52:26Backyard's the Bridge of Peace life.
52:28This is a Bridge of Peace.
52:31Let's go!
52:34Yeah, buddy!
52:36Love this game, lad.
52:38This way.
52:39We're going down under here.
52:40This is gorgeous.
52:42Mmm.
52:43Here we go.
52:47Take the first crossing
52:48over the main road
52:49to find a leaning clock tower.
52:52I mean, I can see a tower.
52:54I think it's a clock tower.
52:55Low here does look wonky.
53:00Do you know where the leaning clock tower is?
53:02Just up here?
53:03Up here?
53:04Thank you very much.
53:05Thank you, gentlemen.
53:06Leaning clock tower.
53:08Aye, there it is.
53:09Son of a...
53:10Why are they supposed to be massive?
53:11There's a leaning clock tower.
53:13Yes!
53:14Well done, Mark.
53:17Travel in the direction of the
53:19advancing Gorgosu Square
53:21for 300 metres
53:23to find your checkpoint,
53:25the Caravassal Hotel.
53:27Gorgosu Square.
53:28That's the one?
53:29That's the one.
53:29Yes!
53:31Nearly there, Mark.
53:34I also don't know where we're going.
53:36No, me neither.
53:37Huh.
53:38It's dead.
53:39I feel like we've done a full circle.
53:43So we're back where we started, yeah?
53:45We are back where we started.
53:49It's got to be somewhere here.
53:51Hotel?
53:51Which one?
53:52Carvassa.
53:54Carvassa, hotel, you can go there.
53:55That's right.
53:56This way.
53:57Lad, we did a full circle.
53:59But if nothing else,
54:00it's a really interesting part of the city.
54:02It's not only the time for admiring
54:04the neighbourhood, Mark.
54:06Let's go.
54:07I want a bed.
54:08Carvassa, hotel, it's here.
54:09Margot, it's here.
54:10Yes!
54:11Woo!
54:16Here we go.
54:18Hello.
54:18Hello.
54:19Welcome to Carvassa Hotel.
54:20Hello.
54:20Good evening.
54:21Good evening.
54:22Please sign in.
54:23Okay, Mark.
54:24All right.
54:25You have successfully reached your fourth checkpoint.
54:28Please sign in, Overleaf.
54:30Go on, what number?
54:31Four.
54:31Four.
54:32Not by too much, I hope.
54:37We're first!
54:40We did it, we did it!
54:44I don't believe you.
54:45What the hell, doctor?
54:48Result, we're delighted.
54:49I can't believe it.
54:50We just cannot believe it.
54:51We thought we'd absolutely trashed this one, didn't we?
54:54Trash this.
54:55Oh, Margot, that's brilliant!
54:57Thank you very much.
54:58Cheers.
54:59Cheers.
55:01Hello, we'd like to check in.
55:02Want to do the honours?
55:05Oh, God.
55:06Lad.
55:07Oh, my God.
55:09Oh, my God.
55:09Look at your time as well, bro.
55:10Yo!
55:11Oh, my days.
55:12We just did so well, this leg, lad.
55:14We did so good in terms of money.
55:16I'm very proud of us.
55:17I'm proud.
55:29Oh, I hate cobblestos.
55:31I know.
55:32You see it, no?
55:33I think it's up here.
55:37Hello.
55:37Hello.
55:37How you been?
55:38Pleased to see you.
55:41Hello.
55:41Hello, how are you?
55:42Hello, nice to meet you.
55:43Nice to meet you.
55:44Where are you, Molly?
55:46Oh, my goodness.
55:50Oh, wow.
55:53We're ecstatic.
55:54We're third.
55:55We're third?
55:55We can't believe we're third.
55:56It's nice to know after a leg that we found, it was between ourselves very difficult.
56:01We actually still did half decent.
56:03Yes, we did all right.
56:04Yes.
56:05So.
56:08Holy flip.
56:09After all that.
56:21Oh, let's go.
56:25Hello.
56:26Hello.
56:27Congratulations.
56:28You've successfully reached your fourth checkpoint.
56:30Please sign in, Everly.
56:33Ah.
56:34Yeah, we are far behind.
56:36I'm really happy for them all.
56:39Good for you.
56:40I'm not.
56:41From first to last is really quite the fall from grace.
56:46We're now the underdogs.
56:48It's something to chase after.
56:50Could be a lot worse.
56:51I personally deem it as unacceptable.
56:54At the halfway point in the race to Mongolia, Mark and Margo have surged into the lead for
57:00the first time, while former frontrunners Katie and Harrison have tumbled to last place.
57:07Seeing those three names ahead of you, when we've not experienced one or two names ahead
57:11of us before, it is a real kick in the teeth.
57:14Oh.
57:16It's annoying, isn't it?
57:24To fashion your seatbelts.
57:26This is what we like, adventure.
57:29Very much feels like the unknown now.
57:33Welcome, Kazak Seren.
57:35Number one, champion.
57:38It's tight now.
57:39I don't know how you're going to do this, boy.
57:41Batman's on top.
57:43I gave me your vodka.
57:47Oh, my God.
57:48You could get lost very, very quickly in this leg.
57:50Wow, look at that.
57:52Oh, there's camels.
57:54Oh, my God.
57:54There's just camels in the middle of the world.
57:56This is going to be cool.
58:00Press Red now for the detour, unpacking tonight's race across the world on iPlayer.
58:05Jay Rayner is upping the ante next tonight on BBC One with the Critics Brief, a dazzling
58:09MasterChef-worthy salad.
58:11And from Dorset Beach Huts to Royal Navy Mestex, Salencar leads the search for the next interior
58:15design master on iPlayer.
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