A COSTLY MISTAKE RESULTS IN HEATHER & EVE'S ELIMINATION
After the Road Block, lawyers Heather & Eve proceeded to the Pit Stop via taxi rather than by foot, as the clue instructed. With all Teams racing to the Finish Mat, and separated by only 31 minutes, the thirty-seven minute penalty they received resulted in the pair going from first place to last. They become the fourth Team to be eliminated from THE AMAZING RACE.
OFF TO PORTUGAL
After the mandatory twelve-hour rest period in Dunnottar Castle in Scotland, twins Derek & Drew departed first at 10:56 pm, followed two minutes later by brothers Ken & Gerard. The band of brothers had decided to work together as they embarked on a 1.5-mile journey by foot to Stonehaven Harbor, to search for a message in a bottle. Several minutes later, the "twin hunt" resumed as Teams Flo & Zach, Aaron & Arianne, and Heather & Eve left the Pit Stop in an attempt to catch and overtake the two brothers Teams. On the way to the harbor, Zach found a shortcut, which allowed the three Teams to reach the destination first. There, they found a bottle with a label bearing the address of the Calem Port Lodge in Porto, Portugal, their next destination. Soon after, the brothers, as well as Michael & Kathy, found the bottles along the Harbor.
After finding pay phones, Gerard managed to book flights for the brother Teams, while Flo booked tickets for the three Teams, who, along with Michael & Kathy and John Vito & Jill, took an early morning flight from Aberdeen to London just as Andre & Damon and Teri & Ian left the Pit Stop. Both of these last-place Teams got a 10:00 am flight to London, where they were thrilled to find all of the other Teams still waiting for their connecting flight to Portugal. Ian proudly claimed, "it's time for someone else to smell some rear end for a while." Annoyed by Teri & Ian's proud arrival, Aaron commented, "We thought they weren't going to catch this flight. So here they are, loud and obnoxious as ever."
(Aaron & Arianne talk about Teri & Ian.)
While waiting in London, several Teams learned that Derek & Drew and Ken & Gerard were not taking the direct flight from London to Porto, Portugal. Instead, they opted for a connecting flight through Cologne, Germany. Even with that stop, their flight would land in Porto, Portugal almost 25 minutes ahead of the other Teams. The concern, however, was the brief 30-minute layover to catch their plane in Cologne. Flo commented, "We looked into that. We decided that the layover there [Cologne] was too brief and we didn't want to risk it." After landing in Cologne at 1:05pm, the four brothers scurried to board their next flight, which was two terminals over. With only minutes to spare, they were told the flight was already closed and prepared for takeoff. In the nick of time, the airline representative held their plane and the brothers made their flight, giving them a slight and early lead.
(Michael & Kathy get help from local Scots.)