Former winners of a TV show that sees five duos race across the world have described the experience as “surreal and life-changing”, as the series appeals for new contestants.
The BBC’s Race Across the World, which first aired in 2019, offers a cash reward of £20,000 to the first pair to reach the final checkpoint – but contestants have no phones, no internet, no flights and limited funds.
Cathie Rowe, 50, and Tricia Sail, 49, best friends who met at school in Aberystwyth, were the winners of series three after they raced from Vancouver to Newfoundland.
Tricia, who has a degenerative eye condition, was keen to take on the challenge while she still could and described the race as “the maddest, most surreal, life-changing journey”.
A trailer for the show’s sixth series dropped on Saturday, teasing a new epic journey from Europe to the “uncharted edges” of Mongolia.