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Hi all, Episode 4 is going to be a couple of hours late this evening, so you can expect it at around 10pm GMT. Really sorry if that scuppers any of your arrangements.I think I was a bit unrealistic with the Tuesday release date. I've done my best to get it done for today, and it will have subtitles, but it's just going to be a bit late. The good news is, it's a cracker. See you there!!

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H L

No problem at all, can’t wait to watch!

William

Excited for it!

ReDucTor

Wohoo, so much looking forward to this!

Brandon Carpenter

Are you finally gonna tell Verity that you love her??

david oldham

Don't mug yourself; get it or when you can.

Christina

I'm really hoping for a proposal at the end of this one

Domain of Science

No worries Tom, and well done on finishing it today, it must be a monumental amount of editing! Can't wait to see it!

Alex C

See you all there…

Malefic

Thanks for your hard work!

Ethan Brier

If you get to the end, it counts. It might not be 100% pure but no line every is... You can't stick to the line by the metre. Unavoidable leaving the line whilst not making progress, for example while camped, to use the bathroom, or for an emergency such as what we saw last week, should not nullify the attempt.

Ash Boio

Tonight’s plans are sorted then! Can’t wait!

Iann Burgess

The new time suits me better, great news!

Jan Geppert

No need to apologize really. Good quality content needs time and yours is certainly quality content at its best!

caro lam

no wukkas mate

The Sladman

Will just have to ask the Mrs if I can stay up late tonight 😂

Ben Hassan

Cannot wait for this tonight. All great content as usual Tom! Praying its a success! :)

schemeau

Thanks for keeping us updated!

Lukas Walter

Stop putting pressure on people

Rosie Shotton

No worries tom, brighton v chelsea is on at 8 so ill watch that instead

Boezem

You could've also watched it a couple hours later if it got released earlier? xD

Richyzvlogs

I'm a YouTuber too and I know how much work goes into editing things like this, at least once it's up you can sit back and relax with a nice pint or something :) can't wait to watch!!

Tim Canty

Just got in from work, looking forward to it!

Gaz

Just joined your Patreon. Long time lurker. I like you.

Patrick

I'll wait as long as it takes

geowizard

UPDATE It's gonna be more like half 10 guys, but no later than 11. So sorry to keep you waiting. It's been a bit of a nightmare!

Tom Ward

No worries at all bro! It’s ready when it’s ready. I’ll continue to wait very patiently

Odyssey

No worries mate, cant wait!

Sierra Shellabarger

No worries Tom! Knowing that it's out soon has made my night :)

Dihero

I've already eaten all my popcorn!! Hahaha the longer the wait, the better will be! :D

Franco Lugo

That actually works even better for me haha! Cheers for the update!

Cole Somma

who else is here waiting for the drop?

Len

everyone is

Ginters

Refresh gang

Tom Ward

Did Tom just delete the post where he committed to no later than 11pm??? Hahaha. I can imagine him there frantically trying to finish it off. It’s cool bro

lopee50

It's still there for me

Len

Will the 36 AA Batteries be enough?

Ethan Brier

genuinely, I laughed out loud last week when he said 36

ClaytonRed

it's an honour to be refreshing with you all

Len

I had the exact same reaction

Ginters

That was so funny

anna watts

Will his leg stay on?

James Frances

Damn the suspense is literally killing me at the moment 😂

Len

more like, what colour will his leg be at the end

David Fitch

Mission across wales- mobility scooter part 4

William Hanson

Lol everyone's here waiting patiently for the drop

David Fitch

What snacks has everyone got

Relikt

F5 gang gang

Ethan Brier

I really hope he succeeded. It doesn't matter about the ordeal to forget, that was unavoidable. If he completely the line, it not being 'pure' doesn't matter. No attempt could ever be 100% pure

James Frances

It would be so funny if hes just looking at these comments just laughing 😂

Lewys Ward

I have some Ritz Crackers

Len

dinner but I doubt there will be anything left by the time we get the episode haha

Lennon

I have no snacks because I am the snack

David Fitch

I’ve got some nice hard gums, for Toms good memory of them!!

Cole Somma

Who thinks they'll make it to the coast in this ep?

Tom Ward

I had better see your fingers in those western waters tonight Tom. Looking forward to the Get in

Ginters

I think they will. Tom will jump on one lag if he has to.

Len

...so how was everyones day

anna watts

I want him too but I don't know

Jshbswll

Hopefully the “get in” is strong in this one

Henning

The Patreon app have notifications, so no need to keep refreshing the site. But still I'm here!

Jonah Harris

It’s breakfast time in Australia

Ginters

Yo Toffin why did you copy my comment word for word lol?

Tom Ward

It’s dropped

Dexter Thompson

I'd like to congratulate everyone here on their taste in YouTube content.

Lewys Ward

I'm so hyped for the final episode. Regardless of the outcome, Tom always produces the best content

Podey Williams

"In Russia, the hedgerows climb over YOU" ... or something XD

David Fitch

I am so glad we are all here together to witness this moment, love you all.🥲

Henning

I think they will. Tom will jump on one lag if he has to.

Ethan Brier

literally the best content on youtube

Len

my legs are still hurting from doing a long cliff walk on the weekend, tom really made me go outside more

Lennon

I’m that excited I had to waste my time watching episode 3 again

Tom Ward

Lol everyone here refreshing has fine taste

barneyhero

I can already hear the Amynedd music playing.

Logan Cypser

I'm rewatching ep 3 as well lol

Tom Ward

Peter Pettigrew

Peter Marenthyu

Work as stressful as ever, but that's what you get from a new year, it'll settle eventually.

Matt

I knew this auto refresh chrome extension would come in handy one day!

David Fitch

I think toms got lost, we’re gonna have to ring verity, she’s gonna think he’s dead *battery dies*

Jonah Harris

I hope you thank your lucky stars every day for such a legendary first name

Stefan Ruiter

In the mean time watch some ‘straight line mission’ copy cats on YouTube, makes you really appreciate the work Tom is putting in.

David Fitch

Tom you dropped this mate ‘👑’ my wizard❤️

Fxshire

We love you Tom

Tom Ward

Spoilers: Tom gets arrested on top of a mountain looking for batteries after being chased by a furious farmer riding a bull. Should have been more stealthy

David Fitch

Final 10 mins, we’ve all been waiting for this moment

Robert Fodder

I think they will. Tom will jump on one lag if he has to.

David Fitch

A strange man in goretex army gear is seen burying old batteries in the mountains of wales

Stefan Ruiter

Don’t forget the self produced music and sheer fence hopping skills

James Marson

Future Tom has already uploaded the video

Len

I dont see them as copy cats because most of them credit tom for the idea. Its actually interesting watching others attempt this because tom is soo good that he makes it look easy, even with everything going wrong

jovi

i imagine tom is stressing out in front of his computer right now, saying stuff like “are we uploading? yes, get in”

Malefic

I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for the episode even tho I might just watch tomorrow after work haha

Gaz

Picturing Tom staring at rendered %, sweating.

David Fitch

Tom, press the ‘upload’ button😂

Erik Gustafsson

I’ve got work in 6 hours…patiently waiting :)

Lennon

Future me is watching the mission across Antarctica

Len

cant forget the "armed with 36 AA batteries"

David Fitch

Mission across the moon in 50 years

Gaz

But still waiting for Wales part 4 to release 😂

Tom Ward

I’m ready for some more agricultural angst!!!!!!

Jonah Harris

Relishing this moment as it could be the last ever one. Surely not :(

Logan Cypser

my favorite part was when they went through the really dense part of the forest and then tom said that they could've just gone 20m off line and ben looked like he wanted to kill him

Tom Ward

So fucking ready

Kevin Joyce

Those videos are boring and do Not show the audience their plan in detail and I find it hard to trust anyone else but geowizard on if they are following the actually line

David Thunander

Im battening 39 degree fever and Covid not trying to fall asleep. I gotta see this.

Lennon

If it’s the last one life has no worth in living

Rosie Shotton

take ya time tom, im just doing some uni work to fill the time

Len

5 minutes... will it get it ??

Lennon

3……

Len

3 mins

Ginters

Do you guys think it's going to be released on 11?

Tom Ward

Inb4 22:59 “not the video but an update” 🤣

Dexter Thompson

I hope it comes through, I'm up at half 4 so I don't think I can wait any longer

Len

&

Dan

The real journey was the friends we made along the way...

jovi

im going to the toilet hopefully the episode is released by the time i come back

Len

11:03

Lennon

Yes I am John Lennon back from the dead all you need is love and GeoWizard of course

Len

It's been an honor

Peter Green

Have a little faith everyo… oh it’s late

James Doakes

officially late tears in my eyes dont die on us tom

Len

dont jinx it

Die Tochter vom Nachbarn

It's like at university when I have to send off a paper just in time. But this time from the perspective of the professor

Alarm

Here we go... (maybe?)

David Fitch

23.04 is my guess, what’s everyone else’s?

James Marson

My pee just failed it's straight line mission into the toilet bowl. Large deviation, no platinum run.

Ginters

12 honestly

Lennon

You’ve really made the grade

Rareş Luca

I think they will. Tom will jump on one lag if he has to.

Len

I'm always on time at 11:59

Eva

It’s midnight here and I’m trying to stay awake 😂

jovi

back from the toilet and it’s still not out 😩

Dexter Thompson

It's okay; as long as the deviation wasn't any more than 25 metres, in which case I'd be very worried, It's platinum

Joe Browse

my turn to try the toilet strat

Ben Hassan

just chill! the video will be out when it'll be out.

Lennon

11:11

Ethan Brier

gold though? or not even silver?

Alarm

11:07

geowizard

Just waiting for the HD quality to load guys. It's being painfully slow, but don't want to make you watch it in 360p!

Ginters

It's all good

Peter Green

Tom is asleep at the wheel. Verity is our only hope!

Ethan Brier

things just take longer than expected

Oliver

A masterpiece can never be fully appreciated if it is viewed in subpar quality.

Tom Ward

We forgive you Tom

Nicolas Greiler

the line anlysis can still save u though

Lennon

Tom I can speak for all of us by saying WE LOVE YOU

Patrick Champion

As Gandalf said, a wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. Applies to GeoWizards too.

Tom Ward

Tom mate, you are a legend

Len

thanks for letting us know! Amazing content is worth the wait :)

Jm45x

Patiently waiting 😁

Erik Gustafsson

Everyone waiting and refreshing are simply an elite of humans

Luke Furneaux

It wouldn't be right if things went to plan anyway..

Theo

Going to need a new beer soon haha

Jshbswll

If they succeed Greg’s gonna be punching the air

Malefic

You're the man

Odyssey

better go watch all the other walk the lines on repeats

Dan

No worries! Just a slight deviation from the time

jovi

all this just to watch a man from aldridge walk in a straight line

Len

I really missed greg

Nick Firth

This is the most excited I've been in about 5 years.

James Lathlane

Sometimes in the Creator Studio is can still show 'processing HD' even though it is HD when you click on the video. I'd give it a check if you haven't Tom!

Even Leander

I got school tomorrow, guess that's out the window, no regrets tho

Micha D

He's forgotten

rxuz

It's up for higher tiers, paste the video code for youtube /watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

geowizard

I feel awful, but you lot seem to be having fun at least

Dan

Quick Q&A while the vid processes?

lopee50

That's bait

Colter

you got me so good 😂

snuggi_078

I see what you did there

Rhys Warfield

Taking the biscuit now boy bach 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

GreenSwede

No worries, can't predict how nice YouTube is going to be

Troy Brandt

Midnight gang 😁✌️✌️

Cam

You know the rules

Dan

We're all here because we love your videos, we can wait!

Henning

Get out!

Ginters

i knew it xd

Matt

Yo dude from comments way further up...Let's talk more about Halo 2

Dan

Do you ski?

Mak Vujanović

Tom, greetings from Croatia, a perfect country for a straight line challenge.

Joe Browse

what's your favourite shape

James Frances

Yeah but we slow dying in anticipation 😂

Rosie Shotton

alreet got a glass of wine to tide me over

geowizard

I'll answer what ever questions I can, but there might be a strong influx...

Leo Wale

just had a poo for anyone curious

Dustin Vaughn

Does this mean we can get a discord??

George 🦕

Never tried it mate but looks fun 👍

Dennis Molema

Why man walk line video not here?!?!?! Me lose sleep for wait video! (Np looking forward)

Jshbswll

Feeling awful about what?, making quality content??? Lol

rxuz

why

Jonah Harris

Straight line across Australia? If you have a spare 6 months?

jovi

how’s your FPL doing tom

David Fitch

Can we a get 🐐 spam??

Ginters

Tom what's your favorite map on geoguessr?

Troy Brandt

where are you planning on going next

Dan

What do you make of the fact that Sainsbury's are binging in square tins?

James Frances

Whats the dream mission to do abroad (realistic or hypothetical)?

Malefic

Patreon really needs an instant message feature, like a chatroom, having to refresh constantly is bad

Peter Green

When is this Worms Armageddon stream starting again?

Its Aiduhhn

Will you be revisiting the all the weatherspoons series?

James Doakes

would you rather straight line mission in afghanistan or iraq

Len

Don't feel bad, this is fun!

Relikt

Have you checked out the ultralight backpacking community for ideas on gear?

Oliver

Have you ever visited Pembrokeshire in Wales? Or do you intend on ever going?

Erik Gustafsson

Will you ever do a straight line mission in North Korea?

Jshbswll

Tom would you do a straight line mission across the North Pole, No farmers there

Josh Sucher

Who's your football team?

Rosie Shotton

would you rather do a straight line mission without any shoes or without any trousers?

Tom Ward

Why are you such a legend is my question

Patrick Champion

When you first started YouTube, did you ever imagine you'd be in this position, with a series that's this popular?

Matt

Straight line across Coagulation...

geowizard

yes its beautiful (pembrokeshire)

George 🦕

Favourite chocolate is the Cadburys popping candy one

Roy de Waard

I could just go to bed and watch the episode tomorrow, but that's just silly

Eoin McKenna

Are you going to do any vids on the new battle royale maps/duel games?

Luke Herbert

What did you think of Aberystwyth?

George 🦕

I hate the fact Sainsburys are bringing in square tin. Makes me despise Sainsburys even more

Troy Brandt

Where are you planning on going next?

Ethan Brier

imagine Tom just had a power cut or something extremely unlikely

Theo

I've eaten so much cheese

James Marson

I went to Uni there. Awfully dull place after about 2 months

rxuz

he packed food that had moisture in it and doesn't use rubidium tent pegs so he got banned from all the ultra light weight forums for heresy

Mankski

What about a mission along a border, I have no idea which would be possible.

geowizard

I can reveal that me and Greg are planning to do a "how not to travel America" series in September..

Len

Just to get some positivity out there, Toms missions inspired me to go out more and walking around nature is actually great fun! (of course I was listening to his music while doing so)

anna watts

You'll have nightmares tonight lol

Oliver

11:47PM

Jshbswll

Listening to pink floyd rn for any one wondering

jovi

GET IN THERE TOM YESSSS

Tom Ward

How many spliffs is too many?

Luke Herbert

Me too, was born there and very close. It's a very dull place a lot of the time.

Logan Cypser

I'm listening to the strokes

lopee50

Yes mate, loved the Europe one!

Shelby Ruettiger

as in it's released in September or you'll be in the US in September?

geowizard

San Marino might be interesting for that

Cam

Let's gooo

geowizard

nice enough but not a fat lot going on

Alarm

Thanks for the great content Tom!

Jshbswll

Listening to another brick in the wall part 1

Patrick Champion

Geddon, if it's as good as Europe that'll be mint

Rosie Shotton

cross the north korea demilitarised zone mission

Jshbswll

Slowly making my way through the wall again lol

clickbait

I climbed from level 82 to level 99 in duels while waiting for this video to uploaded

Colter

Mass to CA 😁

geowizard

Shelby: filmed in September 2022

fake

A straight line mission from NY to LA would be nice

Ethan Brier

I was just wondering what missions were planned for 2022! surely there's a SLM planned for march again, right?

Oliver

Tom what is your opinion on Pembrokeshire in Wales?

Jshbswll

Brilliant album Stephen, although my favourite would have to be shine on part 1-5

Peter Creek

Same with me, it was great to spend a couple of hours in the countryside!

Shelby Ruettiger

If you need any assistance in Chicago/Illinois/Midwest generally I'm around!

Tal Kessler

How tall is your favorite color?

Jonah Harris

I hope there’s plenty of garlic in America for you Tom

Malefic

Listening to Thom Yorke's Dawn Chorus, such a masterpiece

Henning

Tom, ever thought about streaming again? Not necessarily geogusser tournaments, since so many cheats on them

David Fitch

Tom have you had any beef jerky since Norway

George 🦕

Tom which West Midlands football team do you support

jovi

hopefully they’ll be as friendly as the people you met in europe tho lol

Len

I cant wait!! I loved the europe one so much and probably watched even more times than the straight line missions

Oliver

Have you ever visited?

Ethan Brier

for some reason I only watched that last week, it was amazing

rxuz

might as well use this time to upgrade my tier from $1 to $4

Micha D

Less than 20 bucks

liam goodin

meet me in LA for some tacos man, if youre looking for anywhere to stay in california let me know

Jshbswll

Tom what’s your opinion on Wiltshire?

Nicholas Kovalcik

I'm nearly as excited for this video as I am for Elden Ring

Cam

Around 4 hard gums tall

Tom Ward

How not to travel America 🤣🤣 GET IN! Better get locked and loaded

Jonah Harris

Have you been to Melbourne? If you plan on doing so can you let me know so we can have some beers

John Gunner

How about walk across shropshire in a straight line? seems easy enough ;)

geowizard

There is also another straight line mission planned for April/May/June, but it's early stages.

Stephen Nelson

How pissed have you got in the railway in shenstone?

Len

damn I thought this was an ace reference

Harry Coulton

Tom I am getting a to scale tattoo of your face on my face but slightly to the left

Die Tochter vom Nachbarn

Will you travel or mission through germany? Come on over, you can go straight through my house

Ethan Brier

I'm guessing you have the text post planned the video is processing since you're chatting?

Colter

Eswatini!

Lennon

Tom, what was your dream future when growing up?

Jshbswll

Wouldn’t that be annoying since foliage is far denser than October, January etc

Victor Andersson

You've inspired me and my friends to do a straight line mission in Sweden! It's just these damn lakes...

lopee50

Unfortunately Germany is too urbanized for a straight-line mission

geowizard

around 9 satchels of promises deep

Jshbswll

wake me up when it’s here

Gnoe

🐐

Jshbswll

That’ll look mint mate

Joe Grimmer

what one other youtuber would you recommend tom?

Len

yeah same, feel free to walk through my garden or house

Lucas Puranen

When you’re in the US in September, if you need assistance in the DC area I got you!

Josh Sucher

Ever considered doing a counties challenge? Like, visiting every county in the UK in the shortest amount of time (by foot when possible).

Cam

Welsh Greg returns

Lewys Ward

I remember Tom mentioning Qatar at some point, so perhaps foliage won't be an issue?

CaptainClaw

Did you ever figure out why the batteries kept dying?

James Marson

Tom what's your opinion on the pedestrianisation of Norwich City Centre?

Troy Brandt

how many boats until release approx?

Lewys Ward

Visit every Wetherspoons (if you haven't already)

Colter

Probably a bad batch of batteries

Its Aiduhhn

Do you plan on revisiting your all the weatherspoons series

George 🦕

Are you allowed to use a plane in the straight line challenge? Could make things slightly easier

Ethan Brier

the 16 bit adventure album is awesome! you deserve to hear it. It gives me nostalgia for all my pokemon Go adventures, the closest I'll ever get to real adventure

clickbait

easier to do the south pole, as it is much flatter. and the ice around the north pole is floating around so even if you go in a straight line on the ice, the GPS might think different.

Truck Norris

am i the only one refreshing every 30 secs ? lol

Caly

Would you ever do a straight line in Ireland?

Jshbswll

Favourite band Tom?

hugh thackway

i was trying to plan a west midlands straight line mission and struggled. tom have you ever tried?

Tom Ward

Tom, will you try wales again for a ‘pure’ victory one day? Or are you done with it

Booth

that sound like a depressing mission

geowizard

The video is still HD processing, had no idea it would take this long. Sorry to keep everyone waiting. Can't be long now..

Braden Rogerson

any chance for new kinds of light music some day?

martha

Would you ever do a straight Line Mission in germany? :D

Lennon

I have the same aspiration, and you turned out great to say the absolute least. So that gives me some hope

Ethan Brier

I watched that in case one from my city showed up, but they never did!

Rosie Shotton

fuckin love beau miles, his sea kyaking videos are immense

bluemoon7

The post we commented on was posted 12 hours ago, 12 more to go

Troy Brandt

we don't mind SD 🙏🙏

João Rodrigues

Yes! The Europe one are my favourite videos!

Lewys Ward

When I was in Cambridge visiting a friend of mine we went to Wetherspoons every single night (drinks in other pubs in Cambridge are expensive) and I can confirm it was depressing ;)

geowizard

might be a few too many houses...

Andrii

Okay, will rewatch Episode 3 in the meantime :)

Ethan Brier

don't worry Tom, it's fun chatting w/ everyone!

Oli Barton

Everyone and their mums is packing round here

Gnoe

Tom, I gotta be up early tomorrow. Guess I'm gonna save a treat for tomorrow. Enjoy the episode everyone! Greetings from Amsterdam

Ethan Brier

would you ever make a 2nd album?

Lennon

We will wait as long as it takes

Myles

Can't wait, ready to get stoned in the shed and watch :)

Ethan Brier

we'll have to see how this is classed

Alex Braas

Germany is way to big and densly populated

Matt Lockett

When can we expect the video using no roads?

Tom Ward

Tom, I don’t understand how walking the longest straight line without crossing a road made the news, but none of your attempts have?

Ethan Brier

black country mission eta?

Tom Ward

Hire some PR

Dean F.

Tom do you have a board behind your monitor to help with guesses? I see your eyes dart a lot on the steam and I’ve always wondered what you’re doing.

geowizard

the quality is now at 720p ..does anyone know how long it will take to get up to 1440p?

Even Leander

ever considered another straight line across Norway, just in another part?

Oli Barton

Interestingly enough I’ve had some of the same brand jerky and had some off tasting bits and didn’t feel right afterwards, so I could really relate when I watched the Norway video! I wonder if it was around the same time…

lopee50

720p is plenty mate

Tom Ward

No idea but 720 cool with me

Theo

many years

Malefic

What about the Isle Of Man in a Straight line ?

Henning

720p is good enough

Ethan Brier

He actually was in the newspaper, scroll down a bit

Nicholas Kovalcik

from 720 to 1440 will probably take at least 10 seconds

Jshbswll

720 is far decent mate

Josh Sucher

YouTube processing works in mysterious ways. Usually I find that for HD+ it's about the same length as the video.

Jason Bernardo

Is it crazy to suggest a straight line mission in Switzerland?

Peter Creek

Isn’t 1440p 4 times bigger than 720p? Presumably about 4 times as long as it took to get to 720

Dan

Get in!

Tim Ostrowsky-Thomas

Whilst I’m waiting like everyone else. I wrote a song for my band a while back inspired heavily by Neil Young but lyrically/conceptually by Tom’s straight line missions. Thought people here might get a kick out of it, might be your thing, might not be. Who knows. It’s called “Nothing New” by Morning Crush.

jovi

from my experience it should be faster

Tarnafiti

Could be over an hour for a video of a longer length such as the length yours usually are at

Lennon

However long it took to get to 720 x 2… my best guess I really have no clue

Booth

WQHD (1440) has 4x as many pixels if that is an indicator..

Ben Jennings

Northern ireland north/south might work. only a few miles longer than wales, nice and rural too

hiuo9

Thanks for the awesome content mate

Tom Ward

Massive GET IN

Lewys Ward

I'm not sure it's possible but consider that a challenge anyone reading (remember to stay safe though!)

Tom Ward

Lol 30 comments to 630 in 20 minutes

Angus Rae

really nice 👍

Luke Furneaux

Thanks for the great evening everyone ❤️

Alarm

It depends on the length of the video. Shouldn't take as long as SD to 720 did (hopefully).

Patrick McCarthy

Bought a box of Heineken specially for watching this video! 😂

‘‘CK’’ wiťh manual curly quotes

Loved it. In a future video, can you address this question — even if you have already: Why don't you retry the same Wales line? Especially since you know some are definitely easier. And particularly because Wales #4 had a very marshy anticlimax — full points for geo-wizard'ing but it's not as pretty! What would be amazing would be seeing if you can remember past efforts and pain seared into your brain, and maybe, surprises pop up when things have changed! Things will have changed that you'd never ever guess!

Podey Williams

It would take away some of the drama and tension somewhat if we know in advance what the major obstacles would be. Might work for the lines that had to be abandoned early, though.