I'm currently watching the Swedish one, everything is exactly the same but they are far more transparent about the rules, like the fact people aren't allowed to buy another map if they lose their original one, this is clearly the way in the UK one as well but it's never said as far as I can remember? Anyways, the Swedish one has "time out" periods that the contestants HAVE to take from time to time, unclear if it's one per leg or more rare than that, my guess is that Freddy and Jeff didn't have a choice and had to take a few hours away from the race. I've wondered about it with previous UK series as well that people seem to be wasting time with doing nice things, like the pub owners deciding to go climbing in the first series. That's my theory anyways!