The added task of punting a boat led to the elimination of dating couple Dennis & Isabelle last week.
Teams depart from Oxford, England in the order in which they arrived. As the first team is leaving at midnight, they will all be equalized at the train station. Everybody else will camp out and wait for the train, while Kym & Alli go find a pub.
Teams will now travel by land and sea to Shetland Islands, Scotland. They start off with an 8 hour train ride.
Scott of the firefighters takes a tumble. He ignores it at first, but it’s not long before it turns purple.
After for some reason finding a giant puffin, they head to Scalloway Castle for the detour. The detour is a choice between pony up or light my fire. Pony up requires teams to cut 50 blocks of peat from the peat bank using a tushka then deliver them to a farmer using a pony. Light my fire requires teams to build a Viking torch.
Pony up: Misti & Jim, Shelley & Nici, Adam & Bethany, Amy & Maya
Light my fire: Keith & Whitney, Michael & Scott, Kym & Alli Brooke & Robbie (switched from pony up because they could not find it), Tim & Te Jay
Jim calls pony up a physical task, which it is in part, but it’s also an animal task, a wild card that can throw a wrench into people’s plans. The first trip up the hill seems simple enough, but then the ponies start to flip out. In the end, it does not seem to matter which task they chose, so perhaps they would have been better off saving their energy.
If working with ponies was not enough, they must now head to a sheep farm and corale some sheep. I guess I have not seen sheep run before because I did not realize they jump so much.
The pit stop for this leg of the race is St. Ninian’s Isle. They are given a clue that they must use to figure out that it’s here they need to go. Luckily, they happen to be near a museum, which some teams figure out is a great place to ask questions. Michael & Scott, however, think going to a bar makes the most sense.
First: Misti & Jim (win a trip to Dubai)
Second: Adam & Bethany
Third: Keith & Whitney
Fourth: Shelley & Nici
Fifth: Amy & Maya
Sixth: Brooke & Robbie
Seventh: Kym & Alli
Eighth: Tim & Te Jay
Eliminated: Michael & Scott
I’m pretty sure this is the first time anyone has asked for directions at a bar on the race, and having been sent half an hour out of their way, Michael & Scott have been eliminated.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 25 Episode 4, which airs Friday at 8/7c on CBS.
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