Race Across The Globe is back with a bang, with a new series of the BBC blockbuster following a group of aspiring explorers as they attempt to trek across Canada.
The reality show will once again follow five groups of friends and family as they sprint across North America without smartphones, internet access, or credit cards.
Because flights are prohibited, the crews frequently wind themselves labouring for transport and meals while looking for the lowest feasible accommodation.
The last season required the teams to travel through 16 nations in Central and South America, as well as from London to Singapore.
Canada has brought its own unique problems, especially bears, with each team required to carry protective fences around to keep the predatory creatures at bay.
So, who are the five partners embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime journey from Vancouver, British Columbia to St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador?
Let’s get to know the Race Across The World season 3 teams.
Cathie and Tricia
Cathie, 49, a business director at a local pharmacy in South Wales, agreed to take part in the series when her friend Tricia, 48, recommended it.
She first agreed to help her buddy, but later in the process stated that it has become about “taking a break from being everything to everyone” and having the opportunity to be “selfish.”
‘The timing is fantastic for me. My children have both left home now and don’t need me 24 hours a day anymore,’ she added.
Bank clerk Tricia, from Devon, said she was drawn to the show ‘to prove to myself that with my sight loss I can still do stuff.’
She continued: ‘I’m not “Sight Loss Tricia” – I’m Tricia with sight loss, because a lot of people do label you.’
Claudia and Kevin
Claudia, 27, has paired up with her father, Kevin, 53, of Southampton, to tackle Canada’s wilderness.
According to the product developer and buyer, she was searching for a “reason to be closer to dad, spend some time together, and ideally make some wonderful memories.”
Kevin, a marine canopy manufacturer who says they have “no strategy” for Race Around The Globe, was surprised to be chosen.
He added: ‘At the time, it’s an application form you fill out and you think there’s maybe 14 million to 1 odds. You never think it will happen to you.’
Ladi and Monique
Ladi, 52, and Monique, 25, will compete against the other Race Around The Globe teams, albeit the latter acknowledges that the ‘whole camping thing is not for me.’
Monique is an events manager who resides in east London, whereas Ladi is a sport and physical activity expert and consultant who lives in Essex.
She said she prefers ‘holidays’ and has ‘never owned a backpack’, but signed up for the series to ‘challenge myself to be able to experience countries in a way that I probably never would.’
Ladi said the trip would be ‘probably the last time ever that we’re going to be like this’, noting that Monique is ‘entering into her own adulthood in a way.’
‘The motivation for doing this show is that I’m going to spend quality time with my daughter that I will probably never ever get again,’ he added.
Marc and Michael
Marc, 36, works as a lift operator, and his brother Michael, 34, is a children’s services manager in the West Midlands.
Michael’s major goal for participating in Race Around The Globe is to “establish a better bond” with his sister.
The pair have already come up with a strategy, with Michael revealing: We’re trying to think about what the possible routes are.
‘We have some initial ideas about trying not to go city-based and going a bit more country, because then we get to see lots of things that we wouldn’t ordinarily see, and it might also be cheaper.’
Mobeen and Zainib
Mobeen, 31, and Zainib, 32, a married couple from Manchester, quipped that they ‘live like we’re in our 80s’ and hope the programme would break up the pattern of ‘working and watching TV.’
Mobeen, a trauma orthopaedic physician, noted that the vacation was a “great opportunity to turn off from life, which may sometimes feel a bit dull.”
Psychiatrist Zainib said: ‘We have always spoken about wanting to get a sense of adventure, wanting to go out there and do something that’s out of the ordinary, but then we very gradually and sort of almost insidiously slipped into this life of nine to five, working and then coming home and that sense of adventure was completely gone.
‘Then Covid happened, and it just feels like all we’ve been doing is working and watching TV. So, for us, it’s needing that sense of adventure again – we need to go back to the things that ignite our excitement.’
Mobeen, a trauma orthopaedic physician, noted that the vacation was a “great opportunity to turn off from life, which may sometimes feel a bit dull.”
‘This is just one of those opportunities that doesn’t come around very often. We are very grateful to be sat here about to do this crazy journey,’ he added.
Race Across The World returns to BBC One on March 22.
Source My Celebrity Life.
