Race Across the World series 3

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Race Across the World
Series 3
No. of episodes9
Release
Original network BBC One
Original release22 March (2023-03-22) 
10 May 2023 (2023-05-10)
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The third series of Race Across the World began airing on 22 March 2023. Unlike the transcontinental races in previous series, the race took place entirely in Canada between Vancouver, British Columbia and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Each two-person team was required to cross the country on a 16,000-kilometre (9,900 mi) route without using air travel, and was given a budget equal to the cost of the air fare. Contestants were provided a map, GPS tracker, travel guide, and bear spray.

Contents

Start and end points
Prospect Point Viewpoint.jpg
Cape Spear Lighthouse, NL.JPG

On 28 September 2022, the BBC announced that the programme was due to enter production later that year, and would move from BBC Two to BBC One. [1] [2] In early 2023, the BBC revealed the five pairs of competitors as Cathie and Tricia, Claudia and Kevin, Ladi and Monique, Marc and Michael, and Mobeen and Zainib. [3]

Overview

The third series of Race Across the World was a race between Vancouver and Newfoundland, with air travel prohibited. The race had seven checkpoints with enforced rest periods, with contestants only finding the next destination on arrival at the checkpoints [4] and the first team to arrive at the final checkpoint at Cape Spear would win £20,000. [5]

Teams were given a budget of £2,498.13 per person – the equivalent air fare for travelling the race route. [6] Contestants were not permitted to subsidise their budgets, but short-term opportunities allowed them to work for money or accommodation. [7] Contestants were not given access to telephones or internet. [7]

Contestants

NameRelationshipOccupationAgeFromRef.
Cathie Rowe [8] Lifelong friendsDirector, local pharmacy49 Bridgend [3] [9]
Tricia Sail [8] Bank clerk 48 Devon
Claudia DawkinsFather and daughterProduct development and buying27 Southampton [3] [10]
Kevin DawkinsMarine canopy maker53
Ladi Ajayi [11] Father and daughterSport and physical activity professional52 Essex [3] [12]
Monique Ajayi [11] Event manager25 East London
MarcBrothersLift operator36 Tamworth [3] [13]
MichaelManager, children's services34 West Midlands
Mobeen QureshiHusband and wife Orthopedic surgeon 31 Manchester [3] [14]
Zainib Khan Psychiatrist 32 Manchester, originally from Glasgow

Results summary

Colour key:

  – Team withdrawn
  – Team eliminated
  – Series winners
TeamsPosition (by leg)
12345678
Tricia & Cathie2nd1st1st3rd3rd4th2ndWinners
Mobeen & Zainib3rd3rd2nd2nd4th1st1st2nd
Monique & Ladi4th2nd4th4th2nd3rd3rd3rd
Claudia & Kevin1st5th3rd1st1st2nd4th
Marc & Michael5th4th5th

Route

The checkpoints in the third series were:

LegFromTo
1 [15] Prospect Point
Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia
Haida House
Tlell, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
2 [16] Haida House
Tlell, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
Bombay Peggy's Inn
Dawson City, Yukon
3 [17] Bombay Peggy's Inn
Dawson City, Yukon
Sulphur Mountain
Banff, Alberta
4 [18] Sulphur Mountain
Banff, Alberta
Polar Bear Inn
Churchill, Manitoba
5 [19] Polar Bear Inn
Churchill, Manitoba
Twin Peaks Bed and Breakfast
Mindemoya, Manitoulin Island, Ontario
6 [20] Twin Peaks Bed and Breakfast
Mindemoya, Manitoulin Island, Ontario
Le Capitole Hôtel
Quebec City, Quebec
7 [21] Le Capitole Hôtel
Quebec City, Quebec
White Point Beach Resort
Liverpool, Nova Scotia
8 [22] White Point Beach Resort
Liverpool, Nova Scotia
Cape Spear
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Race summary

Mode of transportation Icon train.svg Rail    RWBA Fahre(R).svg Ship    RWBA Bus.svg Bus/coach    Taxi Icon.png Taxi    Car - The Noun Project.svg Road vehicle    Car Rental - The Noun Project.svg Self-drive vehicle (paid)    ISO 7001 PI TF 036.svg RV
Activity Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Working for money and/or bed and board    High-contrast-camera-photo.svg Excursion that cost time and/or money

Leg 1: Vancouver → Tlell, Haida Gwaii

Haida House, Tlell, Graham Island, British Columbia, Canada Haida House UBC 01.jpg
Haida House, Tlell, Graham Island, British Columbia, Canada

The race started at 2 pm from Prospect Point in Stanley Park, Vancouver with the first leg finishing 750 kilometres (470 mi) north at Haida House at Tllaal, just outside the village of Tlell on the east coast of Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago. [15]

Three teams opted to cross the Strait of Georgia, from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island pursuing a strategy that would involve multiple sea crossings to eventually reach Graham Island. The remaining two teams chose to remain on the mainland, favouring an overland route with an eye to crossing the Hecate Strait by catching a ferry to Graham Island departing from Prince Rupert.

Tricia and Cathie spent several hours trying to get out of Stanley Park and into the city. With daylight fading, they spent their first night at a hostel in Vancouver, only a few miles from the starting point. On Day 2 they chopped logs on a farm in Merritt in exchange for bed and board.

Having hitched a lift into Vancouver, Zainib and Mobeen opted to take a coach to Whistler. Discovering that there was no longer any public transport from the resort onward to Prince Rupert, they considered backtracking to Vancouver. Whilst in the resort, they worked in a shop and took a skiing lesson.

Claudia and Kevin missed their coach by 45 minutes and became stuck in Campbell River on Vancouver Island. They decided to take a very expensive long-distance taxi to Port Hardy, and made back some money by cleaning a boat on Day 3. With another day before the sailing, they chose to experience the wilderness looking for bears before they caught the ferry to Prince Rupert. They took another long-distance taxi ride once they arrived on Graham Island, reducing their starting funds by almost a quarter.

Marc and Michael headed south after their first night in a motel on Vancouver Island. They worked the land on a farm for a couple of days before securing a ride northwards. In the meantime, Monique and Ladi spent some downtime whilst in Telegraph Cove observing aquatic wildlife.

All five teams boarded the same ferry crossing the Hecate Strait from the Port of Prince Rupert to Skidegate, Graham Island on Day 6. The leg culminated in a race to the first checkpoint, with all teams arriving at Haida House within a few minutes of each other.

OrderTeamsRouteHours behind leadersMoney left
1Claudia & Kevin Stanley ParkHorseshoe Bay RWBA Fahre(R).svg Nanaimo RWBA Bus.svg Campbell River Taxi Icon.png Port Hardy Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg (Great Bear Rainforest High-contrast-camera-photo.svg ) RWBA Fahre(R).svg Prince Rupert RWBA Fahre(R).svg Skidegate Taxi Icon.png Tlell 78%
2Tricia & Cathie Stanley ParkVancouver RWBA Bus.svg Merritt Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Car - The Noun Project.svg Prince George Car - The Noun Project.svg Prince Rupert RWBA Fahre(R).svg Skidegate Car - The Noun Project.svg Tlell 2 minutes91%
3Zainib & Mobeen Stanley Park Car - The Noun Project.svg Vancouver RWBA Bus.svg Whistler Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg High-contrast-camera-photo.svg Car - The Noun Project.svg Cache Creek Car - The Noun Project.svg Prince George Car - The Noun Project.svg Prince Rupert RWBA Fahre(R).svg Skidegate Car - The Noun Project.svg Tlell 4 minutes88%
4Monique & Ladi Stanley ParkHorseshoe Bay RWBA Fahre(R).svg Nanaimo RWBA Bus.svg Campbell River Car - The Noun Project.svg Telegraph Cove High-contrast-camera-photo.svg Port Hardy RWBA Fahre(R).svg Prince Rupert RWBA Fahre(R).svg Skidegate Car - The Noun Project.svg Tlell 15 minutes85%
5Marc & Michael Stanley ParkHorseshoe Bay RWBA Fahre(R).svg Nanaimo RWBA Bus.svg Victoria Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Car - The Noun Project.svg Port Hardy RWBA Fahre(R).svg Prince Rupert RWBA Fahre(R).svg Skidegate Car - The Noun Project.svg Tlell 17 minutes85%

Leg 2: Tlell, Haida Gwaii → Dawson City

Dawson City, Yukon, Canada Dawson City.jpg
Dawson City, Yukon, Canada

The race continued from Tlell to former gold rush town of Dawson City almost 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) to the north, in the Yukon. [16]

At the start of the second leg, all five teams had to backtrack to Prince Rupert on the mainland using almost the same means of transport as they had used to reach Tlell. With only a matter of minutes separating their restart, they all arrived on the mainland on the same ferry at the same time on Day 10.

Tricia and Cathie took a bus to Terrace and hired a car onward to Whitehorse. They stopped en route in Jade City to work dismantling an old shack for free bed and board. Marc and Michael also rented a car from Terrace, but detoured to go rafting at Haines Junction on the Dezadeash River before continuing to Whitehorse.

The other three teams hitched lifts with vehicles travelling north. Monique and Ladi secured rides all the way to Whitehorse but stopped en route at Bear Glacier Provincial Park.

Zainib and Mobeen were the first into the Yukon, but detoured to Burwash Landing to work cleaning a light aircraft in exchange for a flight in it over Kluane National Park. Claudia and Kevin also decided to take a job, cleaning at some kennels for free bed, board and sauna. Both teams found themselves at the same fuel stop on the outskirts of Whitehorse attempting to hitch a lift northwards on the Klondike Highway.

OrderTeamsRouteHours behind leadersMoney left
1Tricia & Cathie Tlell Car - The Noun Project.svg Skidegate RWBA Fahre(R).svg Prince Rupert RWBA Bus.svg Terrace Car Rental - The Noun Project.svg → (Jade City Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg ) → Whitehorse Car - The Noun Project.svg Carmacks Car - The Noun Project.svg Dawson City 73%
2Monique & Ladi Tlell Car - The Noun Project.svg Skidegate RWBA Fahre(R).svg Prince Rupert Car - The Noun Project.svg Kitwanga Car - The Noun Project.svg → (Bear Glacier Provincial Park High-contrast-camera-photo.svg ) → Whitehorse Car - The Noun Project.svg Dawson City 2576%
3Zainib & Mobeen Tlell Car - The Noun Project.svg Skidegate RWBA Fahre(R).svg Prince Rupert Car - The Noun Project.svg Kitwanga Car - The Noun Project.svg Dease Lake Car - The Noun Project.svg Burwash Landing Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg High-contrast-camera-photo.svg Car - The Noun Project.svg Whitehorse Car - The Noun Project.svg Dawson City 26.572%
4Marc & Michael Tlell Car - The Noun Project.svg Skidegate RWBA Fahre(R).svg Prince Rupert Car - The Noun Project.svg Terrace Car Rental - The Noun Project.svg → (Haines Junction High-contrast-camera-photo.svg ) → Whitehorse Car - The Noun Project.svg Dawson City 4565%
5Claudia & Kevin Tlell Car - The Noun Project.svg Skidegate RWBA Fahre(R).svg Prince Rupert Car - The Noun Project.svg Meziadin Lake Car - The Noun Project.svg Watson Lake RWBA Bus.svg Whitehorse Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Car - The Noun Project.svg Dawson City 4661%

Leg 3: Dawson City → Banff

Sulphur Mountain, Banff, Alberta, Canada Mirror Bear Statue at the Banff Gondola Upper Terminal -- Sulphur Mountain, Alberta, Canada September 2019 (49364462397).jpg
Sulphur Mountain, Banff, Alberta, Canada

The race restarted on Day 15 from Dawson City to the Rocky Mountain resort of Banff in the province of Alberta, some 2,700 kilometres (1,700 mi) distant, with the team finishing last facing elimination. [17]

All teams found that they must head back south along the Klondike Highway. Leaders Tricia and Cathie were first to depart, doing so before the final two teams had even arrived in Dawson City. Their lead allowed them time to earn money working at the Grande Prairie Stompede, but they found themselves stranded there for a further 22 hours.

Whilst in Dawson City, Monique suffered an injury requiring stitches. Struggling to walk properly, this delayed her and Ladi's restart by three-and-a-half hours. Despite the setback, they headed to the same RV hire company in Whitehorse as Zainib and Mobeen, where both teams managed to secure RVs that needed repositioning to Edmonton at no cost. En route, Monique and Ladi took casual cleaning work at Grande Prairie, and Zainib and Mobeen worked preparing dough for Green Onion Cakes in Edmonton.

Claudia and Kevin had a free one-way self drive towards Edmonton courtesy of a family with whom they had hitched a ride from Dawson City to Whitehorse. They camped at Muncho Lake before heading towards Fort St. John to work at a craft brewery.

OrderTeamsRouteHours behind leadersMoney left
1Tricia & Cathie Dawson City Car - The Noun Project.svg Watson Lake Car - The Noun Project.svg Fort Nelson Car - The Noun Project.svg Grande Prairie Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Car - The Noun Project.svg Jasper RWBA Bus.svg Lake Louise RWBA Bus.svg Banff 58%
2Zainib & Mobeen Dawson City Car - The Noun Project.svg Whitehorse ISO 7001 PI TF 036.svg Edmonton Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Bus.svg Calgary Taxi Icon.png Banff 461%
3Claudia & Kevin Dawson City Car - The Noun Project.svg Whitehorse Car - The Noun Project.svg → (Fort St. John Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg ) → Spruce Grove Car - The Noun Project.svg Banff 5.549%
4Monique & Ladi Dawson City Car - The Noun Project.svg Whitehorse ISO 7001 PI TF 036.svg → (Grande Prairie Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg ) → Edmonton Taxi Icon.png Banff 762%
5Marc & Michael Dawson City Car - The Noun Project.svg Whitehorse Car - The Noun Project.svg Watson Lake Car - The Noun Project.svg Fort Nelson Car - The Noun Project.svg Dawson Creek

Leg 4: Banff → Churchill

Churchill, Manitoba, Canada Churchill, Manitoba (2010).jpg
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Now reduced to four teams, the race continued from Banff to Churchill on Hudson Bay in the far north; an isolated location without any road connections to the rest of Canada. [18] Despite the seven-hour time differential between first and last place, all four teams left within an hour of each other at dawn on Day 23 because of the danger of bears during the hours of darkness. They soon learnt that the only way to reach Churchill was on the twice-weekly Winnipeg–Churchill train traversing the Hudson Bay Railway, with the next departure from Winnipeg in three days' time.

Three teams selected a route along the Trans-Canada Highway via the large cities of Calgary and Edmonton. Tricia and Cathie headed on to Saskatoon to work on a farm, while Monique and Ladi opted to work in a bait shop in Prince Albert National Park with the aim of kayaking later on nearby Waskesiu Lake. In the meantime, Zainib and Mobeen opted for a route across the prairies of Saskatchewan to work at a rodeo ranch near Moose Jaw. They eventually intercepted the train at Canora, where they met two other teams – Claudia and Kevin, having arrived in Canora earlier that day, had spent their down-time gardening to earn money. Further along the route at The Pas, all four teams were reunited when Monique and Ladi board the same train.

As with Leg 1, all teams arrived at the destination at precisely the same time and the leaderboard was determined by a race to the checkpoint.

OrderTeamsRouteTime behind leadersMoney left
1Claudia & Kevin Banff RWBA Bus.svg Calgary RWBA Bus.svg Edmonton Taxi Icon.png RWBA Bus.svg Saskatoon Taxi Icon.png Canora Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Icon train.svg Churchill 29%
2Zainib & Mobeen Banff RWBA Bus.svg Medicine Hat Car - The Noun Project.svg Moose Jaw Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Car - The Noun Project.svg → (Yorkton High-contrast-camera-photo.svg ) → Canora Icon train.svg Churchill 2 minutes49%
3Tricia & Cathie Banff RWBA Bus.svg CanmoreCalgary Taxi Icon.png Edmonton RWBA Bus.svg Saskatoon Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Icon train.svg MelvilleYorkton Car - The Noun Project.svg Canora Icon train.svg Churchill 6 minutes40%
4Monique & Ladi BanffCalgary RWBA Bus.svg Edmonton RWBA Bus.svg Prince Albert Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg High-contrast-camera-photo.svg The Pas Icon train.svg Churchill 7 minutes49%

Leg 5: Churchill → Manitoulin Island

Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada Manitoulin Island (125 of 125) (47993657246).jpg
Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada

With 9,170 kilometres (5,700 mi) traversed so far, the destination for the fifth leg was Manitoulin island, the largest freshwater Island on Earth. [19] Located approximately 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) to the south, this was the longest leg of the race. With the twice-weekly train the only route out of Churchill, the teams retraced their steps along the Hudson Bay Railway on Day 30.

All four teams alighted the train at Thompson, the first stop where the Canadian road network recommences. Claudia and Kevin, and Tricia and Cathie undertook cleaning jobs there before catching an overnight minibus to Winnipeg. The other two teams also took an overnight service to Winnipeg, albeit with a different operator.

Claudia and Kevin chose to press on to Kenora to work renovating a lakeside property in exchange for cash, bed and board whilst the other three teams remained in Winnipeg, with two of the teams finding work as bakers to help replenish their budgets. Zainib and Mobeen, however, spent time with a Cree family in the nearby city of Selkirk to rest and recuperate after two days of difficult travel.

The three teams then caught the bus together the next day out of Winnipeg along the Trans-Canada Highway. Zainib and Mobeen exited the bus at Kenora to earn some money at a working farm just as Claudia and Kevin joined the same bus en route to Thunder Bay. Monique and Ladi, and Tricia and Cathie cleaned boats and an ice hockey arena respectively in Thunder Bay. Claudia and Kevin maintained their lead by continuing further east overnight to Espanola where they hitched a ride to the Little Current Swing Bridge. The remaining three teams caught the Espanola bus a day later, and on arrival they all opted for taxis to Little Current. They were instructed to cross the swing bridge by foot, before learning that the checkpoint was a further 40 kilometres (25 mi) south with no public transport links.

OrderTeamsRouteHours behind leadersMoney left
1Claudia & Kevin Churchill Icon train.svg Thompson Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Bus.svg Winnipeg RWBA Bus.svg Kenora Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Bus.svg Thunder Bay RWBA Bus.svg (Nipigon River Bridge) → Espanola Car - The Noun Project.svg Little CurrentMindemoya (Manitoulin Island)19%
2Monique & Ladi Churchill Icon train.svg Thompson RWBA Bus.svg Winnipeg Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Bus.svg Thunder Bay Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Bus.svg Espanola Taxi Icon.png Little Current Car - The Noun Project.svg Mindemoya (Manitoulin Island)22.534%
3Tricia & Cathie Churchill Icon train.svg Thompson Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Bus.svg Winnipeg Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Bus.svg Thunder Bay Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Bus.svg Espanola Taxi Icon.png Little Current Car - The Noun Project.svg Mindemoya (Manitoulin Island)2326%
4Zainib & Mobeen Churchill Icon train.svg Thompson RWBA Bus.svg Winnipeg High-contrast-camera-photo.svg RWBA Bus.svg Kenora Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Bus.svg Thunder Bay RWBA Bus.svg Espanola Taxi Icon.png Little CurrentMindemoya (Manitoulin Island)23.533%

Leg 6: Manitoulin Island → Quebec City

Le Capitole Hotel, Quebec City, Canada QuebecCity-Le Capitole.JPG
Le Capitole Hôtel, Quebec City, Canada

The race continued from Mindemoya on Manitoulin Island, Ontario to the French speaking province of Quebec and its capital, Quebec City on day 36. In this leg, the teams travelled through the densely populated cities of Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Claudia and Kevin and Monique and Ladi took the ferry (MS Chi-Cheemaun) from Manitoulin Island and headed towards Toronto whilst Cathie and Tricia and Zainib and Mobeen backtracked to Espanola to take a more direct route to Ottawa with the latter team stopping in Sudbury to work in a cheese factory for bed and board and an unexpected free onward bus ticket to Ottawa.

In Toronto, Claudia and Kevin chose to take a sightseeing trip to Niagara Falls as Monique and Ladi fell behind due to missing the ferry off Manitoulin Island. Cathie and Tricia stopped in Ottawa to work handing out flyers for the Ottawa Fringe Festival but were forced to reschedule their shift in order to catch the evening bus to Montreal. As they and Claudia and Kevin reached Montreal, both teams discovered the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix was in town and were forced to a pay a premium for accommodation.

With race budgets dwindling rapidly in the cities, three teams were forced to work to earn back cash to make it to Quebec City; Kevin and Claudia worked as delivery couriers, Cathie and Tricia worked in a poutinerie in Montreal, and Monique and Ladi worked in a hairdresser's salon in Toronto. With a healthier budget and a direct train to Quebec City from Ottawa, Zainib and Mobeen overtook the other teams to secure first place. The remaining teams eventually caught the same bus from Montreal to Quebec City, culminating in a footrace through the city streets to the checkpoint. [20]

OrderTeamsRouteHours behind leadersMoney left
1Zainib & Mobeen Mindemoya (Manitoulin Island) Car - The Noun Project.svg Espanola Taxi Icon.png Sudbury Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Bus.svg Ottawa High-contrast-camera-photo.svg Icon train.svg Quebec City 25%
2Claudia & Kevin Mindemoya (Manitoulin Island) → South Baymouth RWBA Fahre(R).svg Tobermory Car - The Noun Project.svg GuelphToronto High-contrast-camera-photo.svg RWBA Bus.svg → (Niagara Falls High-contrast-camera-photo.svg ) Icon train.svg Montreal Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Bus.svg Quebec City 11.57%
3Monique & Ladi Mindemoya (Manitoulin Island) Car - The Noun Project.svg South Baymouth RWBA Fahre(R).svg Tobermory Car - The Noun Project.svg RWBA Bus.svg Toronto Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Bus.svg Montreal Taxi Icon.png RWBA Bus.svg Quebec City 11.524%
4Tricia & Cathie Mindemoya (Manitoulin Island) Car - The Noun Project.svg Espanola RWBA Bus.svg Ottawa Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Bus.svg Montreal Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Taxi Icon.png RWBA Bus.svg Quebec City 1216%

Leg 7: Quebec City → Liverpool, Nova Scotia

White Point Beach Lodge, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada NS-01172 - White Point Beach Lodge (27457794691).jpg
White Point Beach Lodge, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada

The penultimate leg saw the teams journey from French-speaking Quebec City through the Maritimes provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to the Atlantic coast and the town of Liverpool on Nova Scotia's South Shore approximately 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) away.

On day 43, Zainib and Mobeen took the first bus of the day out of Quebec City to Rimouski aiming to continue onward to New Brunswick. The other teams attempted to take a later bus to Rimouski; however, Tricia and Cathie bought the last two tickets which left Monique and Ladi and Claudia and Kevin stranded in Quebec City. With few transport options out of Quebec City for the rest of the day, Monique and Ladi decided to take a taxi to Rivière-du-Loup and seek a ride from there into New Brunswick.

Down to their last couple of hundred dollars and determined to reach the Atlantic Coast, Claudia and Kevin were greeted by a cannabis shop owner in Edmunston who provided them with breakfast, drove them down to Fredericton and paid for their hotel stay for the night. All four teams worked in New Brunswick to top up their budgets in preparation for the final leg. In Miramichi, Zainib and Mobeen worked in a motel and secured a lift for the following day so that they could raft on the Bay of Fundy tidal bore. Tricia and Cathie built a teepee in Miramichi and worked in a lobster restaurant in Shediac, whilst Monique and Ladi worked in a pizza restaurant in Saint John.

As three teams made it to Liverpool, Claudia and Kevin (who had increased their budget by working at a local brewery) attempted to hitchhike to Prince Edward Island to find more work. After failing to secure a ride and having spent over six hours in pouring rain, they decided to abandon the race. [21]

OrderTeamsRouteHours behind leadersMoney left
1Zainib & Mobeen Quebec City RWBA Bus.svg Rimouski RWBA Bus.svg CampbelltonMiramichi Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Car - The Noun Project.svg Sackville Car - The Noun Project.svg Truro High-contrast-camera-photo.svg RWBA Bus.svg HalifaxLiverpool 12%
2Tricia & Cathie Quebec City RWBA Bus.svg Rimouski Car - The Noun Project.svg Miramichi (Metepenagiag Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg ) → Shediac Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Car - The Noun Project.svg Truro Car - The Noun Project.svg Liverpool 1413%
3Monique & Ladi Quebec City Taxi Icon.png Rivière-du-Loup Car - The Noun Project.svg Fredericton High-contrast-camera-photo.svg RWBA Bus.svg Saint John Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg RWBA Fahre(R).svg Digby Car - The Noun Project.svg Liverpool 18.515%
4Claudia & Kevin Quebec City RWBA Fahre(R).svg → (Lévis RWBA Fahre(R).svg ) RWBA Bus.svg Rivière-du-LoupEdmunston Car - The Noun Project.svg Fredericton Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg

Leg 8: Liverpool, Nova Scotia → St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Cape Spear, Newfoundland, Canada Cape Spear Lighthouse, NL.JPG
Cape Spear, Newfoundland, Canada

The competition's final leg began on day 47 with a 1,500-kilometre (930 mi) race from Liverpool to the last checkpoint near St. John's on the eastern tip of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula. [22]

Zainib and Mobeen forfeited their lead with a decision to work in Lunenberg at a seafood restaurant whilst Tricia and Cathie and Monique and Ladi raced ahead to Halifax by taxi; the latter two teams found themselves potentially stranded for a day due to lack of onward buses. Monique and Ladi decided to stay overnight in a hostel where Zainib and Mobeen were also trying to get a room, but the hostel was fully booked. Monique and Ladi were offered their first free homestay of the race, but Zainib and Mobeen had to find a hotel. Tricia and Cathie decided not to wait and travelled to Truro in a taxi with the goal of reaching Antigonish to work in a gin distillery. Also with dwindling funds, Zainib and Mobeen decided to work in Port Hawkesbury at an off-road tours company for free bed and board, before heading on to North Sydney. Meanwhile, Monique and Ladi found time to visit the site of Africville whilst en route to Baddeck.

All three teams were ultimately faced with the same dilemma: whether to take the costlier ferry to Argentia or the shorter, cheaper one across the Cabot Strait to the more remote town of Port aux Basques. Tricia and Cathie, who arrived at the port on the evening of Day 49 opted for the night ferry to Port aux Basques, as it offered free overnight shelter and kept them moving ever closer towards the finish. Monique and Ladi who arrived the next morning, declined the morning Port aux Basques ferry and chose to wait for the afternoon Argentia ferry to minimise the onward journey to St. Johns; meanwhile Zainib and Mobeen also arrived at the port in time for the same Argentia ferry.

In St. John's, the teams received instruction that the final checkpoint was at Cape Spear, the most easterly point of the North American continent, a further 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) away. Tricia and Cathie arrived first, on day 51 with a lead of two hours.

OrderTeamsRouteHours behind leadersMoney left
1Tricia & Cathie Liverpool Taxi Icon.png Halifax Taxi Icon.png Truro Car - The Noun Project.svg Antigonish Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Port Hawkesbury Car - The Noun Project.svg North Sydney RWBA Fahre(R).svg Port Aux Basques Car - The Noun Project.svg Bishop's Falls Car - The Noun Project.svg Norris Arm North Car - The Noun Project.svg St. John's Car - The Noun Project.svg Cape Spear
2Zainib & Mobeen Liverpool Car - The Noun Project.svg Lunenberg Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Halifax RWBA Bus.svg Port Hawkesbury Font Awesome 5 solid pound-sign.svg Car - The Noun Project.svg North Sydney RWBA Fahre(R).svg Argentia Car - The Noun Project.svg St. John's Taxi Icon.png Cape Spear 2
3Monique & Ladi Liverpool Taxi Icon.png Halifax Car - The Noun Project.svg → (Africville High-contrast-camera-photo.svg ) → BaddeckNorth Sydney RWBA Fahre(R).svg Argentia Car - The Noun Project.svg St. John's Taxi Icon.png Cape Spear 2.5

Critical reception

Opinions on the third series were favourable overall, with Jack Seale of The Guardian awarding it the maximum of 5 stars. Lauding the choice of contestants, he stated, "The secrets and tensions within relationships, magnified and then inevitably resolved on the journey – a process these people have chosen to undergo in a foreign country, on national television – are what make Race Across the World a top-tier reality show, and this year's cast could be the best ever." [23]

Emily Baker of the i newspaper awarded the opening episode 4 stars out of 5, initially sceptical surrounding the choice of a largely English speaking country as the setting for the entire series, she went on to admit that the lack of a language barrier in no way made the race less challenging, judging it to be "Painstakingly slow, fiendishly strategic and with real dangers along the way (bears, mostly), this is Race Across the World in a way we've never seen it before." [24]

Anita Singh of The Telegraph also gave the show 4 stars out of 5, commenting: "TV executives always want programmes to be about 'the journey' but in this show, the actual journey provides the real fun." [25] Carol Midgley, writing in The Times , gave the lowest score of any reviewer, awarding the opening episode 3 stars out of 5. [26]

The Telegraph again awarded the series finale 4 stars out of 5, commenting that although the series was far from perfect, "This BBC adventure series is still the most wholesome thing on TV." and commending the hospitality of Canadians. [27] Emily Baker of the i awarded the series finale 5 stars out of 5. [28] In a separate column she bemoaned the fact that the series was "almost ruined" by the use of taxis, but stated it would be a mistake to ban them from the competition. [29]

Ratings

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