Ep 4 - We Played Hide And Seek Across The U.K.
Jet Lag: The Game
0:02 (bright orchestral music) Boo!
0:04 Attention nerds: I have an announcement to make.
0:08 I've decided that I would like to win this season of Jet Lag: The Game.
0:11 And I do believe that this will be my winning run.
0:15 I have come way, way out here to these castle ruins.
0:20 I think I'm probably a lot further from Sam and Adam than they might think I am.
0:24 And I think that this place is going to be really hard to pin down.
0:27 My hope is that they're going to use a lot of their far-reaching questions,
0:30 like their big Radars and stuff early, and then they're not going to have
0:35 them later when they might actually need them.
0:37 And I believe that this is gonna be a tricky round for them.
0:41 So, Sam and Adam, you guys better lock in.
0:45 Hello and welcome back to episode four
0:47 of our six-day game of hide-and-seek across the UK.
0:50 Right now, it's the morning of day four.
0:52 Last episode, Ben and Adam caught me in Milton Keynes
0:55 after identifying a bank in a photo I sent them.
0:57 That little slip-up torpedoed my whole run, and Adam remains in first place.
1:02 As the player with the current high score,
1:04 Adam isn't eligible to be the Hider, so it's Ben's turn again.
1:07 He thinks he's picked a spot that's really going to trip us up.
1:11 Will it work?
1:12 Let's see.
1:13 Welcome back.
1:14 Good morning!
1:15 It's day...
1:16 four?
1:16 It is day four.
1:17 Yeah.
1:18 Okay.
1:18 I think Ben's that way.
1:20 I think Ben's that way!
1:22 Well, it's on a relative basis, 'cause the train station's that way.
1:25 Okay, sure.
1:26 So I think we should start walking that way.
1:27 Eh, that probably makes sense.
1:28 Here's my hot take.
1:29 Okay.
1:30 He's in Wales.
1:31 Okay.
1:31 I don't hate that.
1:32 Look, I really wanted to go to Wales.
1:35 It just calls out.
1:36 It sounds cool.
1:37 It does sound cool.
1:39 So, I think...
1:40 we should ask the same country question.
1:44 The matching question.
1:45 First administrative district.
1:47 I would be happy to do this.
1:50 Hit it?
1:51 Let's hit it.
1:52 Oh, would you look at that?
1:53 (laughs) One minute into the round, and they've already got a question for me.
1:56 Same country.
1:57 I expected this question, and that is why I am in England.
2:02 I am in the same country.
2:04 I did not go to Wales or Scotland.
2:05 I considered it, but from where I— Oh!
2:09 What was I saying?
2:10 I considered going to Scotland or Wales, but from where I was starting,
2:14 I just couldn't get far enough into either
2:16 of those that I could get a spot I really liked.
2:19 So yes, I am still in England,
2:22 and I don't think that they're going to be too pleased to hear that.
2:24 Sam, we have an answer.
2:26 Yeah?
2:26 Gosh, it'd be so awesome if he's in a different country.
2:29 No, he's in England.
2:30 Ugh.
2:31 Yeah, alright, well, he's not in Wales, and he's not in Scotland.
2:36 I think that we either need to go down
2:39 into London and then go out to this peninsula stuff...
2:41 Yeah.
2:42 ...or we're going to need to go up again.
2:44 I don't know what question is going to do that best,
2:48 but I think that's what we got to figure out.
2:49 We might need to do a north-south Thermometer,
2:51 and— It's possible that we need to take
2:53 a guess and do a north-south Thermometer.
2:55 Yeah.
2:56 Let's see what trains are available, and if there's one that's soon,
3:01 maybe we just get on it and we do a Thermometer.
3:03 Yeah, 'cause I mean, the trains out of here normally are fast and frequent.
3:06 Yeah.
3:07 So, even if we went the wrong way,
3:09 we could at least do a quick north-south Thermometer.
3:12 Yeah, okay, I guess I don't hate that.
3:14 But should we start off by going north or south?
3:16 What's our guess?
3:16 I mean, there's a train to Birmingham in like...
3:19 What time is it?
3:21 Now.
3:22 Okay, let's just get on that.
3:25 With that question out of the way, you know the deal by now.
3:29 Three cards, keep one.
3:32 10-minute Bonus.
3:33 15-minute Bonus.
3:35 Discard two, draw three.
3:39 Discard two, draw three can be really useful,
3:42 but that's only if I draw bad cards, and I intend to draw good cards.
3:45 So I'm going to keep the 15-minute Bonus.
3:49 Alright, well...
3:51 looks like Adam and Sam have headed back to the train station,
3:54 so, maybe they're just going to YOLO it somewhere.
3:58 I mean, they do have connections to like lots of pretty big cities and it's
4:02 usually not that big of a mistake to YOLO it to a big city,
4:09 but they could very well go the wrong way.
4:11 You know, three days into this game...
4:14 Oh no, this is the fourth day.
4:17 This is what I mean.
4:18 The brain stops working so good.
4:21 And so, I'm kind of hoping that they're, like,
4:25 out of it enough that they trip up and make
4:27 some kind of mistake or ignore a really good move.
4:30 Will they?
4:31 We will see.
4:32 There is a train to Manchester leaving now.
4:36 There's also a train to London leaving in a couple of minutes.
4:40 I don't think they know which one is right.
4:41 Which one is right?
4:43 I'm not going to tell you.
4:46 That one to Birmingham.
4:48 Oh, I guess the one to Birmingham left.
4:50 I have to be honest that I kind of think he's north of us.
4:52 Seemingly if we wanted to go...
4:54 But I don't want to wait 20 minutes for a train.
5:00 I think we should try to figure out,
5:02 could we exclude all of, what's it called, Corn— I think it's all Cornwall.
5:06 How far is it to Rugby?
5:07 Is it 10 miles to Rugby?
5:09 I'm not sure.
5:10 It's way more than 10, it's like 30.
5:12 Okay.
5:12 We could easily use our 10 just by going to Rugby and then turning around.
5:17 And Rugby's only 25 minutes from here.
5:19 Okay, we're gonna get on the train towards Rugby, because...
5:25 even if we don't end our Thermometer before Rugby, we can get into Birmingham...
5:31 10 minutes earlier by going through there.
5:33 Alright, here's our train.
5:42 Next stop will be...
5:44 Rugby.
5:52 Interesting update.
5:54 It would appear that they have decided to just YOLO it north.
5:59 How far north?
6:00 I don't know.
6:01 Maybe they're going all the way to Manchester.
6:03 An uncharacteristically risky play for those two.
6:06 That feels like a Sam idea.
6:09 Feels like a Sam notion.
6:10 The question is, will that risk pay off?
6:13 Are they on the right train?
6:15 I'm not going to tell you.
6:16 I will leave you in suspense because I'm sure
6:18 that is the very question that they are wondering right now.
6:20 Look, uh, look pensive.
6:23 Okay.
6:24 (sneezes) [!]Okay, I was going to say
6:26 you look— (sneezes) like you're about to sneeze.
6:27 Does that work?
6:28 Did that seem pensive?
6:30 Alright, Sam, we are approaching our Thermometer start.
6:32 There's a very specific place we want to put it.
6:34 And we will hit that spot in three, two, one....
6:40 And we send.
6:48 And in fact, look at that.
6:51 They are starting a lovely 10-mile Thermometer.
6:54 So, it does seem like they are trying to separate
6:58 the London stuff from the Manchester stuff, which is smart.
7:01 But will they end up on the right side of that Thermometer?
7:05 We'll find out in about 10 miles.
7:10 There is a little town down there.
7:13 It's kind of the only town within miles and miles and miles of here.
7:18 So, while we wait for them to finish up this Thermometer,
7:23 let's go head into town.
7:32 Okay.
7:33 And we have hit the end point.
7:35 It's a pretty good line that it makes in the end.
7:37 Yeah.
7:37 It's a good slice.
7:43 Alright.
7:43 It still is the case that if he answers really fast,
7:46 we could get back on the train.
7:49 But it seems unlikely.
7:50 Man, this already looks so much nicer than Milton Keynes.
7:53 Oh yeah, this place is a little vibey.
7:56 Is that a football?
7:58 Oh, I'm gonna let you think on that for a second.
8:03 It's a rugby ball.
8:04 Yep, there you go.
8:05 It's 'cause we're in Rugby.
8:06 Yep, there you go.
8:07 Yep.
8:07 Yeah.
8:07 Yep.
8:08 Yep.
8:08 Okay, well, they have finished their Thermometer, and...
8:13 Adam and Sam...
8:14 You are warmer.
8:15 You're heading the right way.
8:18 The risk of getting on that train...
8:21 it paid off.
8:22 You guys are headed the right way.
8:24 I am not too pleased about that.
8:26 I was kind of hoping that they would just YOLO it to London.
8:28 They did not.
8:29 But that is okay.
8:31 There is still much map left.
8:34 Two cards.
8:35 Keep one of them.
8:37 Time Trap, love it.
8:38 Time Trap.
8:40 Sure.
8:41 I guess I'll take a Time Trap.
8:43 I...
8:45 ...do not know what I want to do with that, but we
8:47 should come up with a plan sooner rather than later.
8:51 Train nerds, is this good?
8:53 It looks like a good train.
8:54 Man, I forgot that England can be nice.
8:56 Well, I guess you know, so much time in Milton Keynes and you start to forget.
9:00 Yeah.
9:03 Here we go.
9:04 Answer?
9:05 Warmer.
9:06 Warmer.
9:07 Okay.
9:07 Okay, so, we head north.
9:08 Yep, we head north.
9:10 Do we go to Birmingham?
9:11 I mean, Birmingham's a big hub.
9:12 I think so.
9:13 Hey, here's what I'll tell you.
9:14 This means we made the right decision in not going to London.
9:17 Hell yes.
9:17 Think about how annoyed we would have been if we
9:19 had gone all the way to London, and that was wrong.
9:21 We'd have to be in London.
9:22 I know.
9:23 Okay, so we go to Birmingham.
9:26 I would not hate 100-mile Radar now.
9:29 I think that would eliminate a ton.
9:31 Yeah.
9:31 Let's see what the limits would be.
9:32 I guess that basically gets us a bit north of Manchester,
9:36 but a bit north of Manchester...
9:37 But there's very few lines north.
9:39 Here's what I think.
9:40 I think we do 100, and then if it's a hit, then we do a 50.
9:43 Yeah.
9:44 Yeah, I think that's a good bet, yeah.
9:46 Alright.
9:46 Let's go for it.
9:48 Regardless, we're going to Birmingham?
9:50 We are going to Birmingham.
9:51 Yeah.
9:52 I think Birmingham is good.
9:54 I think it's a good choice.
9:56 Alright.
9:57 Welcome to town.
10:00 It's pretty.
10:01 I think it's pretty pretty.
10:02 We've got a 100-mile Radar from Rugby.
10:07 Now, let me tell you right now, that is a miss,
10:10 but it's going to cut a lot of the complexity off of Manchester, which is...
10:15 troublesome.
10:16 It makes me really want to try and draw
10:18 them out to the sort of northwest region that remains,
10:23 and I think that that might actually be the best
10:25 way I can use my Time Trap right now is just
10:29 put it in a hub that is that direction to just
10:32 get them to focus on up there instead of looking...
10:35 more in the direction that I am.
10:39 So I think let's put a Time Trap in– Let's put it in Leeds.
10:43 Let's put it in Leeds.
10:44 With that Radar out of the way...
10:47 ...two cards.
10:48 10-minute Bonus.
10:50 Or Curse of the Impenetrable Fog.
10:53 Curse of the Impenetrable Fog.
10:55 For the next hour, any time the Seekers reach a street intersection,
10:58 they must assign each direction to a number on their die.
11:01 They may assign a direction to multiple numbers,
11:03 but each direction must be assigned to at least one.
11:06 Then, they roll the die to see what direction to go.
11:08 Casting cost: Roll a die.
11:10 If it's odd, this Curse has no effect.
11:13 We know that boy.
11:14 We love that boy.
11:16 Obviously...
11:19 we don't want to play it any time soon.
11:21 I think that's going to be a bit of an endgame play,
11:26 but it'll be good to have on hand to get
11:29 a little bit of extra juice out of the endgame.
11:33 (exhales sharply) We got an answer.
11:36 Okay.
11:36 It's a...
11:38 miss?
11:38 Whoa!
11:40 That...
11:41 Very very useful information.
11:44 That really eliminates, I think, the majority.
11:47 The vast majority.
11:49 Yeah.
11:49 Here, let me mark that on the map.
11:51 Do we want to go to like Manchester?
11:54 We want to go pretty dang far.
11:56 I think all the way to Manchester is probably right here.
11:58 Let me get my compass out.
12:01 I love using my compass.
12:03 The next train to Manchester is not for 52 minutes.
12:05 Also...
12:06 Yeah?
12:06 Time Trap in Leeds.
12:08 In Leeds?
12:10 Oh?
12:11 That's kind of another...
12:13 big hub up in that zone.
12:17 Yeah, that's interesting.
12:18 The biggest decision now, isn't it, like...
12:23 He's either on this side of the country or this side of the country,
12:26 and these are two separate things, right?
12:28 And so we need to figure out which one to get on.
12:31 He clearly knows this because he put a Time Trap in Leeds.
12:35 Leeds is a big hub.
12:37 Here's an idea that I actually think is a good idea.
12:39 What if we walked, right?
12:41 'Cause we're right here right now.
12:43 What if we walked and did a half-mile Thermometer that cuts this right in half?
12:48 Isn't that a good use of a half-mile Thermometer?
12:50 Yeah, and we do have the time, seemingly,
12:52 'cause the next train to Manchester Right, we have time, is 15 minutes.
12:53 'cause we have to wait anyway.
12:54 I see the argument.
12:54 I think this is the time to use it.
12:56 'Cause then we know exactly what direction we need to go for a while.
12:59 I mean, and I'll also say the Time Trap in Leeds,
13:02 that's a smart place for a Time Trap,
13:04 because I think we won't be in Leeds for quite a while,
13:07 but I think it's very likely we'll have to go through there.
13:09 Of course, we don't know which way he's doing it.
13:11 Is he playing it so that we're going to hit it,
13:13 or is he playing it to, you know...
13:14 To mess with us?
13:15 (bleep) with us?
13:16 I don't know.
13:18 What I will tell you: Ben also likes vibey places.
13:22 Yeah.
13:23 This is the Lake District.
13:24 The Lake District is very nice.
13:26 Oh, yeah.
13:27 That is true.
13:28 Hey, look.
13:29 Okay.
13:29 I think: do that half-mile Thermometer.
13:32 I think that's going to be good.
13:33 Yeah.
13:33 I think...
13:35 I think I agree.
13:36 We have to actually take a really weird path there,
13:38 and it's gonna take 20 minutes, so we need to go now.
13:40 Let's get a move on.
13:41 That's fine, Google Maps, they underestimate my speed.
13:43 Yeah, yeah, they underestimate our incredible speed.
13:46 Okay, well, interesting development.
13:48 They've gotten off in Rugby...
13:52 and...
13:53 they've started walking a half-mile Thermometer.
13:58 Very bold.
13:58 Very bold of them to use the half-mile Thermometer so early.
14:03 Would I have done that?
14:04 I don't...
14:06 I don't think so.
14:07 I think I would have been screaming and crying,
14:10 saying I don't want to use my half-mile Thermometer yet.
14:13 But...
14:15 ...they have started it.
14:16 And you know what?
14:17 I can respect a bold play.
14:18 I can respect a bold play, fellas.
14:20 Enjoy your little walking tour of Rubgy.
14:23 This is kind of nice.
14:25 Yeah.
14:26 We really were keen for a while on doing a season
14:29 where we navigated through England's canals on their canal boats.
14:35 The problem is that eventually we realized that...
14:38 these go 3 miles per hour.
14:40 No, literally, I think they're capped at, what is it?
14:42 Six?
14:43 Something crazy.
14:44 And so it's like, if you wanted to go to...
14:47 from London to Birmingham, that would take you a week or something.
14:51 Alright.
14:53 And Thermometer...
14:56 end.
14:57 Alright, let's turn around.
14:58 Alright, nice.
14:59 Back to the station.
15:00 I'll send it.
15:01 How are we on time?
15:02 I think we have just enough.
15:04 We definitely need to keep pace.
15:05 It's strange to be in such a kind of quaint,
15:08 beautiful spot, walking as fast as we can.
15:11 Well, you get to enjoy it quicker.
15:13 So, they have finished their Thermometer.
15:15 I don't know what answer they were hoping for, but the answer is colder.
15:19 It is not the right way.
15:22 I am in the the other part.
15:26 I don't know what they're going to do with that information,
15:28 and I don't know where they're going to go next.
15:31 Probably Manchester?
15:33 But I know what I'm going to do next.
15:36 And that is...
15:37 that I'm going to draw two cards and keep one of them.
15:42 One: Curse of the Gilded Inquiry.
15:45 Curse of the Gilded Inquiry.
15:47 Secretly choose one question.
15:49 If the Seekers ask that question after this Curse is played,
15:51 the question is automatically vetoed,
15:53 and you instantly draw and keep three extra cards.
15:56 Casting cost: the Seekers' next question is free.
16:00 Two: 15-minute Bonus.
16:01 I love Curse of the Gilded Inquiry.
16:03 It's a steep casting cost...
16:06 ...but it is really good, ultimately.
16:09 We're going to keep Curse of the Gilded Inquiry.
16:11 I would like to play it sooner rather than later because,
16:14 you know, the extra cards I draw from it could be really valuable.
16:18 Alright, we have an answer.
16:20 Okay.
16:20 Are we hoping for— I think we're hoping for hotter?
16:24 I'm hoping for colder 'cause it means we probably don't have
16:26 to go through Leeds and we don't have to hit that Time Trap.
16:28 Colder.
16:29 Colder.
16:30 Okay.
16:31 So we go to Manchester.
16:32 So we go to Manchester,
16:33 and I think we were able to avoid the Time Trap in Leeds.
16:36 Yeah, so it was a trap.
16:38 It was a damn trap.
16:40 Well, it's always a trap.
16:41 Ben thought he could get us, but nah.
16:44 Right?
16:44 I think that his ass is in the Lake District.
16:46 With that done, we have a well-timed
16:48 train to Manchester that hopefully we can make.
16:51 It leaves in 17 minutes.
16:53 And it's a fairly long train, so as we're on it,
16:55 we'll have time to ask some smart questions.
16:58 I think let's go ahead and get a Photo.
16:59 And I say we should get a Photo of the biggest body of water that he can see.
17:02 That would tell us if he's on the coast, then we would know.
17:04 And if he's in the Lake District, That would be useful.
17:05 it would be a giant magnificent lake.
17:07 There's not many train stops really like properly in it.
17:11 A lot of the stops are actually on the coast there.
17:14 Okay, I think let's go ahead.
17:15 Let's get biggest body of water.
17:17 I think that if it's a big ass lake, that's helpful.
17:20 And I think if it's the ocean, then that's also helpful.
17:22 Okay, they have asked me for the biggest body of water photo.
17:25 I can do that.
17:25 I'm not too worried about that.
17:26 I'll go do that in a minute.
17:28 It's just like, I think it's just going to be the river.
17:30 But I have to figure out what I want to play Curse
17:32 of the Guilded Inquiry on, because I want to do that sooner rather than later.
17:34 I don't want to...
17:36 wait around while they're able to ask questions.
17:40 If they go up to Manchester or something, they're gonna start doing Radars.
17:44 Obviously, the best Radar is the custom Radar.
17:46 They might suspect it, but if I can even deter them from using it,
17:49 I'll be pretty pleased with that.
17:51 I'm a little worried about them doing a 50-mi Radar in Manchester,
17:55 but I think almost certainly they're going
17:57 to use the custom Radar at some point,
17:59 and they're probably going to use it sooner.
18:01 So, I think I'm gonna go ahead and gild that.
18:04 And then we'll go get them a photo of this...
18:07 of this largest body of water.
18:09 Let's go.
18:12 We've been Cursed.
18:14 Oh we have?
18:15 Ah, it's Gilded Inquiry.
18:17 Oh, okay.
18:18 So it doesn't stop us.
18:19 Okay.
18:21 Which is good since we're about to get on a long train.
18:22 Yeah, that would have been annoying.
18:28 Oh, we're seven minutes early.
18:30 Yeah.
18:32 Okay.
18:33 If you had to guess, what do you think he put it on?
18:35 I mean, honestly, Strava map would be such a safe bet.
18:38 I think that that is probably what it is 'cause I
18:40 feel like that's one question that is almost guaranteed to be asked.
18:43 Alright, well, we're going to get the Photo question from the water,
18:47 and then I guess we'll get on the train and figure out what we want to do next.
18:50 Here's our train.
18:51 Okay.
18:52 Alright.
18:53 And then once we get to Manchester, we start chopping more.
19:04 Okay, so, the biggest body of water is undoubtedly this river here.
19:12 Doesn't worry me that much 'cause, you know,
19:13 a lot of these towns have rivers, but this river is quite big.
19:16 And one thing that— I've been walking all all up and down it.
19:20 The thing that I can't avoid is because of the way the sun is,
19:23 there is this unavoidable reflection of these buildings.
19:27 So, they get a little extra...
19:29 a little extra building info, which I don't love, but...
19:33 I kind of have no choice.
19:36 So, let's send this over to them.
19:40 I do get to draw one card off the top of this, but because I played...
19:45 Curse of the Gilded Inquiry right afterwards, their next question is free.
19:51 So, this is the last card I'm going to be getting for a little while.
19:55 And it is...
19:57 ...a lovely little Veto.
19:58 I don't hate that.
20:00 I don't hate that at all.
20:02 Sam, we have received a photograph from Mr.
20:05 Doyle.
20:06 It's not the ocean.
20:07 And it's not a very big— It's not very big at all.
20:10 But here's something interesting.
20:11 This looks like it has a current.
20:14 Do you think it's a river?
20:16 But look at it.
20:17 You see?
20:17 It seems to have like a flow.
20:19 Uh-huh.
20:19 Well, here's something else that I'll tell you,
20:21 is that you can see the reflections of buildings in it.
20:24 If I'm right, and this has a current, and it's on buildings,
20:27 and it's that width, that's gonna be— You think it's a canal?
20:30 I I think this is too big for a canal.
20:32 Okay.
20:32 I think this is some sort of river.
20:34 And so you think that'll limit options?
20:37 Well, I at least like that it's something
20:38 I think could be easily spotted on a satellite.
20:40 Find it.
20:41 Yeah, that's true.
20:42 We don't have to X anything out, but I'm just saying, a lot of this is coastal.
20:47 Yeah.
20:48 Shout out to British trains.
20:50 Shout out to the first class on British trains,
20:52 which gives you quite good food, complimentary.
20:56 Do we want to get another Photo?
20:58 Dude, I think just let's just keep it going.
21:00 At least one more, yeah.
21:02 Tallest building from station?
21:03 I'll take tallest building from station, sure.
21:05 Yeah.
21:06 Okay.
21:07 And they want another photo.
21:10 I think they're just traveling up,
21:11 and they just have some time to get some photos.
21:14 So, fortunately, I am by the station,
21:16 and they want a photo of the tallest building from the station.
21:21 I think it's that guy.
21:23 I think it's that guy, and...
21:26 I am gonna have to show quite a bit of it, I think.
21:28 But...
21:29 it's pretty innocuous.
21:30 I mean, it's— it shows that I'm not
21:32 like in the middle of Manchester or something, but...
21:36 I don't know if there's gonna be too much they can do with that.
21:39 So, I'll go ahead and send that over,
21:41 and hopefully the rain stops soon because I am freezing.
21:53 Sam, we've got a photograph.
21:55 Okay.
21:56 It's raining there.
21:57 Whoa, it is raining.
21:59 Okay.
22:01 Oh, it's really— Okay, we need to do this quickly because it's going to change.
22:04 Yeah.
22:05 Let's take a screenshot of the radar.
22:07 Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.
22:08 Although it is raining here.
22:10 Well, but it's really raining there.
22:12 Yeah.
22:12 Honestly, it's raining in a lot of places,
22:16 but it's definitely raining most in and around Carlisle.
22:20 I mean, where is there heavy rain right now, though?
22:23 In that whole south part, it's really not raining.
22:26 Like Blackpool, Southport, it's not raining there at all.
22:30 Bolton, Bradford, none of that.
22:33 If this is our map, then there's almost no way he's down here.
22:37 It is not raining there.
22:39 Yeah, but I also honestly think just based on vibes,
22:42 that's bigger places in general.
22:44 Yeah.
22:44 We need to confirm it.
22:45 But it's like to me, that means he's probably— I agree,
22:48 like Windermere to Carlisle, I think.
22:50 Yeah.
22:52 Why don't we just look at the town of Windermere?
22:54 That's exactly what I'm looking at now.
22:56 I don't see a waterway that reads as big.
23:01 No, yeah, it can't be Windermere.
23:03 But again, the fact that we can even exclude Windermir because of that river...
23:07 Yeah.
23:08 is interesting.
23:09 Or maybe like Kendal.
23:11 Kendal has a river.
23:12 Is there a train station in there?
23:14 There's definitely a train station.
23:18 Sam, he's in Kendal.
23:20 Why?
23:21 Because that is a picture of the Kendal Museum.
23:26 Well...
23:27 (wheezes) Okay, well, the rain has finally let up a little bit.
23:30 So, let's go do a little exploring.
23:34 I saw that there was a museum named after the town.
23:39 So, I don't know what it's got, but...
23:42 maybe we could learn a thing or two.
23:46 Hi.
23:47 Can I just get one ticket?
23:50 Yeah.
23:52 What do they got here?
23:53 Oh, deer.
23:55 Oh deer.
23:59 They have a lot of...
24:02 animals.
24:03 Is that a real animal?
24:06 I don't think that is a real animal.
24:09 Do you guys think I should do this with my hair?
24:11 This is how it feels when they ask you for the Strava map.
24:14 This is how it feels when they get on the line going the wrong way.
24:20 Of course, I wouldn't know what that feels
24:21 like because it hasn't (bleep) -ing happened yet.
24:25 Oh man, they're almost to Manchester.
24:27 This is what it feels like when they're almost to Manchester.
24:37 Here, I'm going to show the audience exactly what I saw.
24:40 I clicked on Kendal...
24:41 and it popped that up, right there.
24:43 Yep.
24:44 No, that's— 'Cause we're not allowed to click
24:47 into things and scroll around for pictures, but I clicked on Kendal, and boom.
24:52 And it has the river.
24:53 Kendal Museum.
24:53 That's some tough stuff.
24:54 Ben Doyle is in Kendal.
24:56 That's— How do we get to Kendal?
24:59 Ohh, I'm sorry, Ben.
25:01 Oh, buddy.
25:02 That is brutal stuff.
25:04 I'm sorry, Ben.
25:06 Sorry, buddy.
25:07 This is kind of how we felt when we found the castle that you were in, in Japan.
25:10 Yeah.
25:11 I was like, "Oop, yeah." Yeah.
25:13 Whoops.
25:13 This is going to be our quick episode.
25:16 Alright, well, that museum is crazy.
25:18 They lowkey killed like every animal.
25:22 And you can come see 'em in this town.
25:25 Which, I'm not going to tell you what that is, but...
25:29 Adam and Sam are working on it.
25:31 You know something, Sam, in Japan, rain was how Ben won.
25:35 There was that big storm, and it delayed our train.
25:37 True.
25:38 So it's...
25:39 Now the rain is his downfall.
25:41 It's balancing.
25:41 It's balancing.
25:42 Will anyone beat my first run?
25:45 You said— Do we have it on camera,
25:47 you saying that you do not believe it will be a winning run?
25:50 I didn't, and I still don't.
25:53 Okay.
25:54 Welcome to Manchester, Sam.
25:56 I've been here.
25:58 What?
25:58 I've been here.
25:59 Well, it doesn't change the fact that I'm welcoming that you're here now.
26:03 Alright.
26:04 You can be welcomed to a place you've been before.
26:06 That could be welcome back.
26:07 Well, would you like to welcome me to Manchester?
26:10 No.
26:11 Well, we have a transfer in about 15 minutes...
26:14 that will get us to Kendal, where Ben is...
26:18 in about an hour and a half?
26:20 A little less?
26:22 Pretty good.
26:22 It's a weird name for a town.
26:24 It is.
26:25 It's really more a person's name.
26:26 It's kind of like calling a town Greg.
26:28 Alright, well, Adam and Sam have made it to Manchester,
26:31 and they're not asking me any questions.
26:34 They've been there for a few minutes now, and nothing.
26:37 There's nothing in this game that is scarier than silence.
26:41 So...
26:43 I'm starting to think I might wanna maybe
26:46 poke around a bit for a possible hiding spot.
26:50 There's no way they figured out where I am yet, though.
26:54 That would be crazy.
26:55 Sam said he's getting something to Snack Zone,
26:58 and I'm feeling very frightened...
27:01 about what it's going to be.
27:02 He had a look in his eyes that was not good.
27:12 I think we're good here?
27:15 I'm so scared.
27:16 Yeah, that's what I thought it was gonna be.
27:18 I feel like normally we sort of have a fun
27:20 way to get into this, but I think this one,
27:22 totally joylessly, I just have to announce Choo Choo Chew.
27:25 that we're in the Snack Zone.
27:32 Welcome to The Snack Zone.
27:33 Choo Choo Chew.
27:34 Today we're gonna be trying this...
27:36 Sam has brought Scotch eggs.
27:38 It's like a hard boiled egg that's been sitting in...
27:41 it's been sitting in...
27:42 a refrigerator for days.
27:44 Yeah, covered with sausage.
27:45 Covered with sausage and bread crumbs and stuff.
27:47 I don't even like eggs.
27:49 Yeah, me neither.
27:50 Ready?
27:50 One, two, three.
27:56 That's enough.
28:00 That's good.
28:01 I'm not saying that this food can't be good, but this is horrible.
28:21 Okay, well, they're headed north.
28:25 That is not good.
28:26 That is not good for me.
28:28 That is the right direction.
28:30 I don't think that means that they've found my spot, but...
28:34 ...it does mean that they're getting closer.
28:36 I do think that I gotta really hurry up
28:39 and figure out where I'm going to hide here.
28:41 Oh jeez.
28:46 Sam, do you think that Ben is starting to freak out
28:49 because we keep getting closer to him without asking any questions?
28:52 You got to imagine that he is like,
28:56 "What's going on?" Yeah, well, getting off at the right stop is...
29:00 it's gonna be a tough moment for Mr.
29:03 Doyle.
29:03 'Cause I have to imagine he's sort of like, "Oh well,
29:06 maybe they're just kind of getting into the middle of the zone
29:09 so they can—" 'Cause we are still on the high-speed line.
29:11 Yeah, you know.
29:12 There's easily...
29:13 100 stations still in play.
29:16 Yeah.
29:17 Oh, Benny boy.
29:26 Jesus, they just blew past Bolton.
29:29 I thought they were maybe going to stop in Bolton.
29:32 Where are they going?
29:35 Surely they're not coming straight for me.
29:37 There's like a quarter of the country left.
29:39 Yeah, they're not stopping.
29:41 Okay, I gotta keep looking for a hiding spot.
29:46 There's a bridge beyond that.
29:48 This is a bridge for trains, that I can't go on that.
29:51 There's another bridge past there that takes me back across
29:55 the river into a kind of a tricky area, I think.
29:58 So I'm going to go check that out.
29:59 I don't think it's possible for them to have found my spot yet.
30:04 There would be hundreds of stations still left in play.
30:07 Look at this cutie little bridge.
30:10 Where does it go?
30:12 Maybe to where I'm going to hide.
30:14 Hopefully, I won't have to go there for a while.
30:17 But Sam and Adam need to stop!
30:22 They're not stopping.
30:24 They just checked my place?
30:27 No!
30:27 That would be...
30:30 absolutely crazy.
30:31 Where am I?
30:39 Okay, well, they've blown straight through Preston.
30:41 I mean, just like straight through Preston.
30:44 They didn't even stop there for half a second pretty much.
30:48 They're just— They're going.
30:50 They're goin', man.
30:53 How do they know where I am?
30:54 They must know exactly where I am.
30:55 I've barely even had time to look for a hiding spot.
31:09 Alright.
31:13 Alright, well, welcome to Oxenholme.
31:16 Unfortunately, we missed our connection.
31:17 He is in the Lake District.
31:18 That's true.
31:19 Unfortunately, that train got in late, and the connection train is not here.
31:23 Yeah.
31:24 So...
31:24 I think the bus is fastest.
31:26 Yeah, I mean, it's— We're literally like two miles away.
31:29 I mean, we could walk if we wanted, but it's probably faster to take that bus.
31:33 Yeah.
31:33 We're allowed to take buses under 10 miles.
31:37 Because there's not another train that goes there for an hour.
31:39 Yeah.
31:40 I think there's a bus in 18 minutes?
31:42 Yeah, this is probably when Ben will realize that...
31:45 You got to imagine that Ben is not pleased with what's happening.
31:48 Yeah.
31:49 Oh my god.
31:51 They're almost here.
31:53 (chuckles) Come on!
31:55 I guess I just have to get in place, man.
31:57 Maybe one of these...
31:59 one of the streets around here.
32:01 Sorry if you can't see me.
32:02 It's (bleep) -ing raining!
32:04 I think I'm just going to go up here and set up camp.
32:09 I think I literally have a matter of minutes at this point.
32:12 Well, here's the bus stop.
32:16 Great.
32:16 Bus came early.
32:17 Look at dem sheep.
32:18 Whoa.
32:19 Hello, fellas.
32:20 See, this is the greatest thing about UK buses is the front row.
32:24 I love the front row.
32:25 This is awesome.
32:26 Here, I'm actually going to go back one
32:28 though 'cause now you can really get the view.
32:29 Now it's like we're driving the bus.
32:33 So what do you think?
32:35 Where's Ben hiding?
32:38 On some (bleep) -ass path somewhere that's going to be really annoying to find.
32:43 You have to wonder whether he even really found a hiding spot.
32:47 Okay, yeah.
32:48 They are just now arriving at the station over there.
32:53 So, I wasn't able to find a freaking hiding spot.
32:58 I just have to stop here.
33:00 I guess...
33:02 ...this is just me in this tree.
33:06 How the hell did they do that?
33:09 Oh, but wait.
33:10 What about...
33:12 What about...
33:14 ...the Curse of the Impenetrable Fog?
33:15 That, my friends, that...
33:18 ...will slow them down for sure.
33:20 I've gotta roll a dice, and it's got to be even.
33:26 Be even.
33:28 Okay, come on.
33:29 This is all I've got.
33:32 And it's three.
33:35 Oh, the stupid...
33:37 Stupid ass card doesn't even work.
33:39 Ohhh.
33:42 I think we're in Kendal now.
33:44 Yep.
33:44 Well, here's the river that...
33:46 Oh, yeah.
33:47 Is that the river?
33:48 Yeah, not necessarily here, but it's definitely the river.
33:51 The bus is in crazy traffic, so we're just going to ask if we can get off.
33:54 Is it alright if we just get off, so we're almost there?
33:59 Thank you.
33:59 Appreciate it.
34:00 Thank you.
34:05 Alright, great.
34:07 This is crazy, this traffic.
34:09 Yeah.
34:09 It's like this tiny place.
34:10 They're just not moving.
34:11 Maybe Ben crashed out and they're— It's like a crime scene.
34:14 All of these cars are in line to go see Ben.
34:16 They all figured it out before we did.
34:17 Mm, yeah.
34:18 Do you think that we can walk along the river, Sam?
34:20 That's what I'm hoping.
34:21 Oh, yeah.
34:22 Little hot here.
34:24 Wonderful.
34:27 (softly) He doesn't know the swan strat.
34:28 He asked me yesterday how I managed to get the bird to stay still so long.
34:33 I refused to tell him.
34:34 The swan strat is still mine.
34:36 Alright.
34:37 You want to send...
34:38 Half-mile Thermom?
34:41 Sorry, half-mile Rady— Radar.
34:43 Might as well.
34:43 Might as well.
34:44 Great.
34:45 Always a fun one.
34:46 I think it's a great one.
34:47 And we've got our first question of the endgame.
34:52 This is gonna look ridiculous!
34:56 They've got like a quarter of the country left.
35:00 And they just did a half-mile Radar.
35:05 And it's a hit.
35:08 And it's a hit.
35:09 (giggles) This is gonna look crazy!
35:11 Well, let's draw our cards.
35:13 One, two.
35:15 Let's...
35:16 Let's go.
35:18 5-minute Bonus or 10-minute Bonus?
35:20 10-minute Bonus.
35:22 Let's go!
35:25 Sam, we have an answer.
35:26 Alright.
35:27 It is a hit.
35:29 Okay.
35:29 Great.
35:29 Ooh, that's pretty good because actually that Thermometer
35:32 is less than half of this— Radar, but yes.
35:35 Whatever.
35:36 Okay, you want to get a little pic?
35:38 Might as well.
35:39 Might as well.
35:39 You know what?
35:41 The roads here are relatively distinctive.
35:43 Let's get a little street trace.
35:46 Wait, I need an aesthetic British flag picture for the trailer.
35:49 Oh, yeah, that's good.
35:49 That can be in the trailer.
35:51 Are we in the trailer?
35:52 Please get out of my shot.
35:53 Oh, and...
35:54 they want the street trace.
35:59 I would want the street trace, too.
36:05 But that's what I got this for.
36:08 Oh, Sam.
36:10 Street trace was vetoed.
36:12 Oh, okay.
36:13 Okay, that's fine.
36:15 So what do you want?
36:17 Photo, tallest thing?
36:19 I'll do tallest thing, okay.
36:20 Okay, I reckon...
36:22 let's just search through these streets while we wait.
36:24 Yeah, yeah.
36:24 It'll take a little bit for him to answer.
36:27 Yeah.
36:27 But I think there's— with that sort of Radar,
36:29 I think there's every chance we can just find him.
36:32 This weather is...
36:33 Crazy sort of sun shower situation.
36:36 And another question from our our valiant Seekers.
36:40 They want to see the tallest thing that I can see.
36:43 And the tallest thing I can see is just this right in front of me.
36:48 It's just this building.
36:49 Is that going to be helpful?
36:50 Maybe.
36:50 There's a lot of buildings that look like that around here.
36:52 But maybe they'll be able to tell that it's kind of at a...
36:56 kind of on an incline.
36:57 I think if they're very clever, maybe they could.
37:03 But...
37:03 I don't know.
37:05 Go ahead and take that photo and send it over.
37:07 Oh my gosh, it's really coming down.
37:09 Yeah.
37:09 Well, because of this, I bet that Ben has looked for a covered hiding spot.
37:13 To be honest, that's kinda what I did yesterday.
37:16 Mhm.
37:16 So, it's worth looking and seeing around here, what could be covered.
37:20 For example, there's a bridge there.
37:22 Yeah.
37:23 Could be under the bridge.
37:24 There's a big tree.
37:25 Let's get under the big tree.
37:27 Yeah, I'm going to put my raincoat on, and then it'll immediately stop.
37:29 Yeah.
37:31 Okay.
37:33 You wanna go explore this alley?
37:35 Sure, why not?
37:36 Ben?
37:37 I mean, these alleys are definitely kinda
37:39 what you think of for hide-and-seek, right?
37:42 To Ben's credit, this is kind of a maze.
37:44 Despite the fact that I have not even sent the photo,
37:46 all they have is that half-mile...
37:50 Radar...
37:51 ...look how close they are.
37:53 (chuckles) Look how close they are to me.
37:56 They are like two blocks from me.
37:58 I mean, come on.
37:59 Come on.
38:01 How did this happen?
38:02 How did this happen?
38:04 There's quite a vibe lane here.
38:06 Uh-huh.
38:07 He loves those.
38:08 I love a good lane.
38:09 He doesn't like hills, though.
38:11 No, but it didn't stop him last time.
38:13 That is true.
38:14 We got our picture.
38:15 Okay, that's kinda small.
38:17 It's just a regular ass house.
38:18 It still kind of implies to me he's in one of these alley things.
38:22 But he can't be in an alleyway, because it's so well lit,
38:25 and he has a good distance from that house.
38:27 I think we should chop this thing again.
38:29 Eh, yeah.
38:30 I think maybe a quarter-mile Radar.
38:33 If we can get a really good view, I really think we might be able to just...
38:37 spot the house.
38:37 He's not here, but like this.
38:39 No, it's the vibe.
38:40 This area fits.
38:41 Just go further up.
38:42 Yeah.
38:42 Can I see the...
38:44 That tree is maybe somewhat distinctive.
38:46 Oh, this neighborhood just seems so right.
38:49 But everything in this town looks the same.
38:51 Oh man.
38:52 They're getting closer.
38:53 Look at this.
38:55 I think they're probably gonna just stumble upon me.
38:58 I mean, they are just on the other side of this block.
39:06 There's a place called "Nobbles" Rest.
39:08 Okay.
39:08 Feel like that'd be the kinda thing you'd be into.
39:11 I don't see anything down there.
39:13 This is beautiful though.
39:14 Yeah.
39:16 That's an open area.
39:18 That's "Nobbles" Rest.
39:19 That's Nobbles whatever.
39:20 That's not him all the way over there, is it?
39:22 I can just see a yellow blob.
39:25 The person standing?
39:26 Yeah.
39:26 Nah.
39:27 Okay.
39:27 It's too yellow.
39:29 This is beautiful.
39:30 I think we should do a Radar here though, now we're at the edge of the zone.
39:32 If you want.
39:33 Okay.
39:34 If this gets Gambler's Feet, I'm going to crash out.
39:36 I'll go down there and look a little bit, and then we can do a Radar.
39:39 Okay, yeah, I guess down there is similarly to the edge.
39:42 Alright, they're coming down this street.
39:47 I think it's the end of the line.
39:49 I don't know how they did it.
39:51 Adam, what do you think of these three trees?
39:53 They sure look familiar, don't they?
39:54 Mmmh.
39:55 (giggles breathily) Howdy, boys.
40:12 Do you mind explaining how the hell that happened?
40:15 I'm sure you'd love to know.
40:16 Oh yeah!
40:17 Would you like to know?
40:18 I would love to know.
40:18 Did I do something?
40:21 It was raining in the picture that you sent.
40:25 It sure was.
40:26 And it was not raining in a lot of places.
40:30 The rain.
40:30 The rain did me in.
40:32 I never even thought about that.
40:34 So the rain was the first part, then we also knew there was a river,
40:37 but the rain was like const— The rain was the hardest in Windermere.
40:41 We looked at Windermere, we were like, there's no river,
40:44 and then we were like let's look one town over,
40:46 and then look at what Google Maps does.
40:48 If you just look at Kendal.
40:53 Oh it shows— Yeah.
40:54 It just pops it right up on the satellite map automatically.
40:58 It's like, and we were like, boom, that's it.
41:00 Yeah.
41:01 That is absolutely cracked.
41:03 God did me in.
41:05 Sam, I suppose that means it is your turn again.
41:09 Oh, you're leaving it to me, Ben.
41:11 Yeah.
41:12 Alright.
41:12 I believe in you.
41:13 I believe in you.
41:14 That's okay.
41:15 I'm gonna try harder this time.
41:17 Okay.
41:18 Good idea.
41:19 Maybe you could hide somewhere that you like.
41:22 No.
41:23 Okay.
41:25 Alrighty.
41:26 Alright, Sam.
41:29 Thank you, Ben.
41:30 Best of luck.
41:32 Bye.
41:35 It's a tough outcome for you that the rain gotcha.
41:38 Real tough.
41:39 I did not see that coming.
41:41 Yeah.
41:42 Yeah.
41:43 Well, I think if we don't catch Sam tomorrow...
41:50 Then the game would end, and he would win.
41:51 Let's see if we can make it happen.
42:11 I've arrived at my hiding zone.
42:13 I'm going to be honest.
42:15 I feel a little bad for having subjected
42:18 you all to an entire day of Milton Keynes.
42:22 So, I felt like I had to make up for it.
42:25 But luckily, I had an idea.
42:27 I decided to come to what is perhaps the greatest country in the entire world.
42:35 Welcome to Scotland!
42:38 Caption+ by JS* Captioning: Erasmus Magnus Welcome to Jet Lag: Scotland edition!
42:40 We've changed countries,
42:41 we never do this, but I've brought us to the best country in the world.
42:45 I love Scotland a vaguely problematic amount,
42:48 and you can see all of that on Nebula right
42:51 now because that episode is up right now on Nebula.
42:53 I'm really excited to be in Scotland.
42:55 I'm unfortunately not in Scotland right now, but I am in the episode.
42:57 Look, you know what I'm really excited about?
42:59 Scotland.
43:00 Scotland and a wonderful docuseries called SCAV which
43:04 is about the world's— Is it in Scotland?
43:05 It is not in Scotland.
43:06 It takes place in Chicago.
43:07 The Scotland of America.
43:08 It's about the world's largest annual scavenger hunt.
43:11 I directed this series.
43:12 All of us produced it.
43:14 Sometimes when you produce something, it just means you sat in a meeting.
43:17 No, we all flew to Chicago and spent I would
43:22 say some pretty sleepless days filming this four-day-long scavenger hunt.
43:26 And nights.
43:26 And nights, for sure.
43:28 We follow three teams as they try to complete a list of 358 items.
43:33 It's a lot of fun.
43:33 It sort of takes some of the ethos of Jet Lag– Like unhinged Jet Lag.
43:37 sort of big, fun challenges– but it's in a slightly different style, right?
43:39 It's like a more formal docuseries style.
43:41 It has confessional interviews.
43:43 We had a real camera crew.
43:46 And it was pretty cool and exciting and— Lots
43:48 of younger people who are weirdly obsessed with like, the Pope.
43:52 Yeah!
43:53 Yeah!
43:54 That was kind of like a— There's one who loves the Pope.
43:56 It was like a central feature.
43:57 They just really love the Pope as a concept.
43:59 Lee, she's the best.
44:00 Ah, I love her story.
44:02 Anyway.
44:02 And pretty.
44:02 It's really fun, and we worked really hard on it.
44:04 And it's...
44:05 you know, it's sort of...
44:07 sort of the same in some ways, and it's different in some ways.
44:09 And why not just check it out?
44:10 Why not check it out?
44:11 You know, why not check it out?
44:12 Ben, I'm not convinced to fork over my clams for this.
44:15 Your clams?
44:16 Well, I know you are very precious about your clams.
44:19 But Sam, let me tell you.
44:21 If you go ahead and you sign up at nebula.tv/jetlag,
44:26 you have to pay less clams How many clams?
44:29 for an annual subscription.
44:30 How many clams?
44:31 I don't know 'cause that's not a real currency.
44:33 You don't know the exchange rate?
44:35 I don't know, but I'm sure it's— It's 1.27 clams per dollar.
44:38 —it's a reasonable amount of clams for an annual subscription
44:41 if you sign up using our link, which you should.
44:43 So you can check out SCAV.
44:45 You can watch the next episode of Jet Lag early.
44:47 You can listen to our podcast.
44:49 All that good stuff.
44:50 Go ahead and sign up, and we'll see you there.
44:52 If you got to this point in the episode,
44:55 and you watched the end of the ad read, comment below Comment below.
44:58 how many clams it would be.
44:59 Just a number.
45:00 No context.
45:01 Yeah.
45:01 Bye.