The Grand Tour stars Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are continuing to make light of recently becoming “marooned” at a luxury camp in Botswana.
On Wednesday, Clarkson wrote on social media that the group – who had been filming in Africa for a new Grand Tour special – were stuck after their British Airways flight was cancelled.
He penned: “BA [British Airways] have messed up our flight home so we are marooned here at a luxury camp in Botswana.
“With only 40 staff. It’s all about survival now.”
He later posted a picture of a meerkat looking into the African sunset with the caption: “Thanks to BA’s incompetence, this is how I’ve been forced to endure my evening.”
Since then both Clarkson, 60 and May, 60, have posted a series of silly and sarcastic updates on social media about their situation.
Clarkson wrote under a picture of his morning coffee: “Day two and the horror continues. Two red eyed bulbul birds helping themselves to the sugar for my morning coffee.”
He posted a picture of a jackal eating a carcass, joking that May had succumbed to the wild animals. He later added another video with the caption: “Correction. It was actually Richard Hammond who was turned into food.”
Later on, Clarkson posted a picture of May enjoying what appeared to be a cold beer in luxurious surroundings.
“James May has built a rudimentary shelter and we will cower here until BA get their act together. Pray for us,” he joked.
Meanwhile, May wrote alongside a snap of a cheese board on X, formerly known as Twitter: “Staff/guest ratio ‘as low as 40:1’ in hell-hole safari lodge where GT presenters have been abandoned by their crew. Cheese has arrived.”
In a similar post to his co-star, May later shared some footage of meerkats playing: “Thanks to the incompetence of British Airways we’ve had to endure a sunset safari with gin and tonics and meerkats. #Unacceptable.”
May also joked the group had been forced to turn to “ancient foraging techniques” to survive with a picture of some beef hula hoops.
UPDATE
— James May (@MrJamesMay) October 4, 2023
Stranded Grand Tour presenters channel ancient foraging instincts to stay alive until lunch. pic.twitter.com/omEVHBrBDR
Details of the next series of The Grand Tour are so far sparse, but the group were filming in Zimbabwe for a portion of it.
Clarkson revealed the news in a tweet, which read: “My profound thanks to the people and government of Zimbabwe for helping to make a very special Grand Tour special, very special.
“We absolutely adored everything about your country. Apart from the pot holes, maybe.”
The show, which is shown on Prime Video, is now in its fifth series. It was born after Clarkson was dismissed from BBC show Top Gear in 2015 for attacking a producer.
