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Gavin and Stacey Tour [OFFICIAL TOUR]

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The Nesflix tour offers a unique and immersive experience into the world of ‘Gavin and Stacey’, with a special focus on Nessa’s character. This exciting journey through Barry Island is designed for both devoted fans and newcomers, showcasing the memorable locations featured in the show.

The tour kicks off at Marcos, where participants are greeted with a warm welcome and an introduction to the evening’s adventure. Here, guests can enjoy their first complimentary drink, setting the tone for a fun-filled experience.

From Marcos, the tour takes fans on a nostalgic journey to four iconic pubs that are integral to ‘Gavin and Stacey’:

The Tadross: Known for its significant role in the series, this pub offers a chance for fans to immerse themselves in memorable scenes. The Ship Inn: A vital location in the show, it provides a backdrop full of nostalgia and charm. The Coach and Horses (The Colcot arms): Famous for its connections to key episodes, it’s a spot where fans can relive their favorite moments. The Dolphin: As a pivotal filming location, this pub offers an authentic ‘Gavin and Stacey’ atmosphere.

At each pub, tour participants will be treated to a free drink, allowing them to fully immerse in the spirit of the tour.

The tour concludes at BarryBados, a novelty shop that encapsulates the essence of Barry Island. This location provides a perfect end to the tour, where guests can explore, purchase souvenirs, and take photos to commemorate their fantastic journey through the world of ‘Gavin and Stacey’.

We are excited to offer this memorable experience, filled with laughter, nostalgia, and a unique insight into the beloved show.

This tour complements the OFFICIAL Gavin and Stacey Tour that operates during the day.

• Take an evening pub crawl around Barry Island with a Nessa lookalike
• Enjoy a free drink at 4 pubs in Barry
• Get a selfie with a Nessa lookalike

About this tour

Cancellation policy.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance

Friday 1 March – December 2024 at 5pm

Adult (18 years+): £65

Meet where?

Outside Marco’s Cafe at Barry Island Getting to Barry Island by train   and  Where to stay

Ends where?

Outside Marco’s Cafe at Barry Island

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Professional guide (Nessa Impersonator) and transport on Dave’s coach

Exclusions?

Gratuities (optional)

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Join us on this fun tour of all the popular film locations travelling on the original 'Dave's Coach' Includes access inside Stacey's home in Barry where the décor has been kept the same since filming , see where Uncle Bryn lived, that iconic bus stop where Gavin drove to meet Stacey, Nessa's Slots, Marcos Café, The caravan site where Dave & Nessa lived (And baby Neil) Inside the church were Gavin & Stacey got married & the church where Dave & Nessa didn't. Tours last approximately 3 hours and including a 30 minute pub refreshment break

Before Booking. Dave's coach has recently undergone an £8,000 refurbishment and is regularly maintained to the highest standard. However it is the original Dave's coach and it's now 30 years old. In the highly unlikely event of a serious mechanical issue, we may have to use an alternative vehicle. Once again we do state this is highly unlikely but not impossible as with anything 30 years old. 

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Price incudes A tour of the popular Gavin & Stacey film locations travelling on the original Dave's coach.

Not included: Travel insurance, Food and drinks throughout

Remember Dave's Coach is exclusive only to Coach Innovations Join us on this crackin 3 hour tour departing from Barry Island Train Station at 14.00 Every Saturday & Sunday from June 26th and Wednesday afternoon departures throughout August. All tours terminate on Barry Seafront at that iconic bus stop! Tidy

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Barry Island

Barry Island a popular seaside resort and home of the television programme Gavin and Stacey.

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As seen on BBC’s Gavin and Stacey, Barry Island has a variety of attractions, amusements, gifts shops and restaurant cafes to relax in... and of course, its beach!

Join our coach from your joining point and have an enjoyable ride to Barry Island.

After an enjoyable day out you rejoin our coach for the journey back to your joining point, with an estimated time of arrival back into Hereford is 18:30

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Time to explore the famous seaside resort of Barry Island.

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During his most recent January run, Legends live streamed the sold out engagements for the first time. Fans watched online as Guy, ever the showman, left the stage to mix it up with the crowd, performing outside on Wabash Avenue for passersby before hitting the bar for a quick drink en route back to the stage.

Joined by fellow bluesman Bobby Rush, 90, on opening night, Guy and his band wrapped up the residency alongside his daughter Carlise and the NuBlu Band, performing in front of fans from Brazil, Singapore and England who made the pilgrimage to the Chicago blues fixture.

Recently announced as the headlining act for Chicago Blues Fest this June, Guy is clear on what the city of Chicago means to him today.

Buddy Guy leaves the stage to mix it up with fans on the floor during the final night of his 2024 ... [+] residency. Saturday, February 3, 2024 at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago, IL

“You know, that’s so special,” said Guy of performing again at Chicago Blues Fest. “This is the only free one throughout the world. I play ‘em all over the world. There’s no more,” he explained. “Even the birds got more sense than I got, man. A lot of them leave and go south when we get this kind of weather,” said the guitarist with a chuckle. “I looked at Muddy and Wolf. Little Walter from Louisiana. Bobby Rush is from Louisiana. I said, ‘Now if they’re here and they ain’t screaming about how cold it gets, what the hell am I worried about?’ I said, ‘I’m gonna stay here. Because I just love what I’m listening to.’”

I spoke with Buddy Guy about his current farewell tour, aging gracefully, life at Legends and his continual desire to learn. A transcript of our phone conversation, lightly edited for length and clarity, follows below.

Buddy Guy plays guitar as daughter Carlise Guy sings during the final evening of Guy's 2024 ... [+] residency. Saturday, February 3, 2024 at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago, IL

Jim Ryan : Hi, Buddy. Good morning. How are you?

Buddy Guy : Well, I’m gonna tell you like I told some people in the club last night. If I tell you I’m OK, I’d be lying to you! (Laughs)

Ryan : Well, I’m sorry to hear that!

Guy : No, no. Before we get into it… In my younger days - in my teenage years through my 20s and 30s - I never hung out with nobody my age. Because I didn’t think they could teach me something. I always hung out with guys 20 and 30 years older than me. And they always used to look at me and say, “Boy, wait until you hit my age…”

But they’ve all passed away and I can’t thank them now! I’d like to thank them for telling me the truth!

Ryan : I’m 44. So, I’m about halfway to you… Are you telling me it’s gonna get worse?

Guy : You better enjoy it while you can, man!

I make a joke out of it. I don’t know how long you’ve kept a car, how old it got. But if you keep it a long time, it goes to rattling. You put a screw in to stop that rattling. But as soon as you turn the corner, another screw will pop out and you’ve got to put another one in. It just continues to keep on rattling.

Buddy Guy performs on stage at his club Buddy Guy's Legends during the final evening of his 2024 ... [+] residency. Saturday, February 3, 2024 in Chicago, IL

Ryan : How was the January residency?

Guy : I started that because throughout my years when I didn’t have a name - I was just playing locally around here with mostly local guys - and every January, the weather would be so bad that if you did try to travel around in a little station wagon, it’d be snowing. And so I just said, “Well, I’m not gonna try to go on the road that month. I’ll just stay and play.” And, finally, I got a little club in 1972 called the Checkerboard. And I just said I would play the whole month there.

Now, people have gotten used to that. I have my crew that asks questions [on stage before shows] in my club. My club is one of the last surviving pretty good-sized blues clubs in the country - because most of them done collapsed. But it started around 40 or 50%. Would you believe now that my club, every night, and not even January - but every night my club is about 80 to 90% from outside Chicago. I can’t believe it. They were asking it last night. People from other states just flock in because you don’t have this kind of club that’s survived - even before COVID. Joliet is about, what, 40 miles from here? They used to have great clubs. Gary, Indiana used to have blues clubs. None of that survived. California is the same way. In New York, B.B. King’s club closed down. Long Island, all of them are gone now.

You have to take a taxi now - because you don’t hardly have any more all night public transportation. Chicago used to have a 24/7 stockyard and a 24/7 steel mill. And you could catch a bus at 1 AM. And it was full! So, you could go get you a couple of double shots and you didn’t have to drive! You could catch the bus home. That ain’t never coming back I don’t think.

My club is downtown near the hotels and I think that helps a bit.

Buddy Guy poses backstage at his club Buddy Guy's Legends, where he performs an annual residency ... [+] each January. Friday, March 29, 2024 in Chicago, IL

Ryan : Well, you’ve toured relentlessly now for decades. What’s it like finally pulling back on the travel end of that a bit?

Guy : I keep telling young kids now - one was in my club last night - if you give up, you ain’t got a chance.

Do you know the worst snowstorm in Chicago was in 1967? Do you know what I was doing then? I was driving a tow truck and playing my guitar at night. That day, it snowed so bad that I couldn’t leave. I just slept in the tow truck and played my guitar for the three people in the club. I got up in the morning and went back to driving the tow truck and moving snow. Somebody said to me, “You ain’t nothing but a fool, man. You ain’t making no money with the guitar!” But I just loved what I was doing, man - and I didn’t quit.

I’ll be 88 years old this year. And I’m thinking about maybe just playing a few festivals after this year. Because your mind ain’t the same. You can’t remember like you used to. I’ve got some songs and I’m going in the studio this Wednesday. The late Tyrone Davis. Me and him, when he was still here, when he was still alive, we’d sit up and talk in the club till sunrise. He said, “Man, it used to be you could give me a song, and I could look at it twice and throw it away and I’d remember it all! Now I can keep it for six months and I can’t remember.” I remember B.B. King doing that in his last days of his life. He would sing the same song six or seven times a night. But his sidemen and all his staff was afraid to tell him. I’ve got my staff now and I say, “If I go to do that, just remind me.” Because your mind just ain’t what it was when you was in your 20s, 30s, 40s or 50s.

I want to go out in good style. I don’t want to disappoint somebody who done paid to see me. If I ain’t able to give them their money’s worth? Well, I’m thinking about that now while I’m in my right mind. I want to leave in good standing.

Carlise Guy (left) and Greg Guy (right) perform on stage with their father Buddy Guy on the final ... [+] night of Guy's 2024 residency. Saturday, February 3, 2024 at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago, IL

Ryan : Growing up in Louisiana, how important was the radio in terms of exposing you to different sounds and different stories at an early age?

Guy : First of all, it was a long time before my dad was able to get a radio. I know you ain’t old enough to know. A radio with a battery. He had to go up on top of the house and put a line like a clothesline from one end to the other. If it were cloudy, you couldn’t hear nothing but static. If it was raining, you couldn’t hear nothing but static.

So, my first blues was coming out of Tennessee. It was called Randy’s Record Shop. That’s when the Chess brothers started coming up with playing the blues. A 78 [RPM record] then, I think, was 79 cents or something like that. You could order it and they would mail it. Now that old 78, if you dropped it, it would crash. You had to be careful with those records back then! There were no 45s. It was just straight 78s.

The old record players… If you had one, you had to wind it up with the spring. I think my daddy finally got one electric line in the house. That was probably around 1947 or 1948. I was about 11 or 12 years old. That’s when we finally got an old phonograph. You had to plug it in and put the needle in it to play the record. And when the needle wore out, I used to put a straw in my mouth and just hold my teeth on it as the record was spinning and you could hear it. He had Lightnin’ Hopkins and Robert Johnson - all the old players. They were playing acoustic.

Before B.B. King died, our joke was “Man, I used to be driving a tractor for a dollar a day.” And an acoustic guitar then was $1.98 or $2.98. And I said, “Man, you put the guitar so high I had to buy a guitar on terms!” It took me a long time to be able to get there. As a matter of fact, a guy bought me my first one. Because I couldn’t afford it with what I was making on the farm.

Ryan : When you moved to Chicago at 21, what were some of the opportunities that existed for you that you were not going to find in Louisiana?

Guy : Watching Muddy Waters. I was telling somebody that last night. I knew I had to wait until I hit 21 to get into the clubs. Man, I walked into the clubs and I saw Howlin’ Wolf, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters. Most of them is not living no more.

But when you went in the clubs, you had to buy a beer. I didn’t even drink then. Muddy Waters and them taught me how to drink. “Here, drink this wine. Drink this schoolboy scotch and you won’t be shy!”

I was almost too shy to even try to sing. When you was talking to Muddy Waters like you’s talking to me, you’d be patting your feet!

Buddy Guy performs to passersby on Wabash Avenue outside his club Buddy Guy's Legends on the final ... [+] evening of his 2024 residency. Saturday, February 3, 2024 in Chicago, IL

Ryan : Is there a moment you recall getting to Chicago when you realized you were building a career - something sustainable that wasn’t just going to be a constant struggle?

Guy : If you watch this blues channel on Music Choice, the Chess people had their big record company.

When the Rolling Stones came over to try and do a demo with Chess before they got famous, I was in there doing a record called “My Time After Awhile.” And I said, “I ain’t never seen no man with this long hair and these high heel boots on.” I wanted to turn my amplifier up with a little feedback. And they said, “Don’t nobody want to hear that noise!”

Now, when the British heard me… I went there in 1965 and played with The Yardbirds. They just flew me there by myself. Because I had played some licks with the Wolf, the Muddys, the Little Walters and the Sonny Boys. Well, they was picking my little licks out. But I don’t know this. Finally, Leonard Chess heard that.

He called me. I had never talked to him in the studio. He said to Willie Dixon, “Tell him to put a suit on and come down here.” I said, “Well, I guess I’m through with Chess now.” But he wanted to talk to me and so I went on down there and walked in the office. I think it might have been a Jimi Hendrix lick. Very easily could’ve been Eric Clapton with the Cream. But [Leonard] said, “You listening to this?” I said, “So what?” He said, “Them are your licks! You brought that here and we was too f—ing dumb to listen to it. Now you can do what you want.”

Leonard didn’t live too long past that. And I went to Vanguard [Records] and I got my little break. I could quit driving the tow truck then.

Following a brief performance outside his club on Wabash Avenue, Buddy Guy reenters Legends on the ... [+] final night of his 2024 residency. Saturday, February 3, 2024 at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago, IL

Ryan : You’ve said a word here a few times during our conversation and that’s “learn.” And I’ve heard you use that word a lot - that it’s important to keep learning. Even this far along, several decades in, how has that approach continued to benefit you?

Guy : I think everything I did back then was important. Because there were so many great guitar players that could out play me, man. And I was trying to learn from every one of them. I saw Guitar Slim before I left Louisiana. I saw B.B. King. I saw Big Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker. And I said, “If I could ever just learn how to do it like that…”

After I saw Guitar Slim, he was wild and crazy. I saw B.B. King and he was smooth. And I said, “Lord, I would like to play like B.B. King - but I want to act like Guitar Slim!” So, I was using that Guitar Slim thing. All of them were sitting in chairs. And Guitar Slim walked on to the stage. And that’s where I got my idea.

So, when I got a chance - when they called me up because they found out I could play one lick like B.B. and another like John Lee Hooker - they said, “That little old boy here from Louisiana can play!” They’d call me on the stage. And they had the music stands. I thought they were reading music - but they weren’t. It was fake! They didn’t have no sheets. Here I am looking up there saying, “Oh s—t, I gotta learn how to read music or I ain’t gonna be around long…” I come to find out, they wasn’t even reading music, man! I was playing the same note all the time - but it worked.

Strangely enough, do you know when they found out I could play? I couldn’t hide it. I would like to watch them. I didn’t want them to know because they were going to call me up there! And every time I tried to stay in the back of the club and just listen and steal a lick from them, they’d find out. And they would curse! The Chess brothers would call you an “mf.” They would get on the microphone and call me that! “Come on up here, little motherf—er. I want you to play with me!” I’d say, “Man, I come here to learn something from you!”

Buddy Guy greets fans following the final performance of his 2024 residency. Saturday, February 3, ... [+] 2024 at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago, IL

Ryan : Sometimes, I’ll hear people talk about the blues with a negative connotation. But when I see you play the blues, it looks like unbridled joy. It’s uplifting. What does the blues mean to you?

Guy : You know, I said that last night from the stage. I just went up to my club and sang. But I watch people. When I go to the stage, I forget about myself. I look out. Do you ever notice a person with a frown on their face? Well, maybe you could say a joke or something and they’ll smile and that frown will leave. That’s the way I play. When I go to the stage, I intend to take that frown off your face. And if I don’t, you will see me changing notes! I don’t hardly rehearse with my band. My band has to just watch me. I better try something else. And all of the sudden, I’ll try something tricky.

Let me give you another example. Do you know that some nights, I go to the stage and play and walk off. And two days later, a guy will come to see me play and say, “I watched you last night. You must not have been feeling good.” And I’ll say, “Oh my god…” Because I thought I played well. Then there are times when I go up to the stage and thought I played bad. But another guy will come up and say, “Man, you was on last night!” And, so, I just think, “I might as well just forget this, close my eyes and go out there and try to take the frown off your face.”

Because you can’t ever please everybody - but you can try.

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Islanders post a huge throwback win with Barry Trotz in the house

ELMONT, N.Y. — Even if you’re not a scoreboard-watcher by habit, you kind of have to be if you’re a New York Islanders fan right now.

Amid a playoff chase that’s more resembled an on-ice, between-periods mascot race, the Islanders saw three of their competitors lose in regulation Friday.

That made Saturday’s game against the Nashville Predators all the more crucial. A chance to extend a lead in the playoff chase and put themselves in front of the pack with just a handful of games to go.

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And the Islanders … rose to the occasion? In this season? They did. With Barry Trotz back on Long Island for the first time since taking over as Nashville’s general manager, his old team played its most Barry Trotz-esque game in a long time.

The Islanders grabbed a lead and held it. Semyon Varlamov , the anchor in net under Trotz during the back-to-back semifinal runs in 2020 and 2021, looked vintage in goal, stopping 41 shots on 94 Predators attempts. And his teammates blocked 33 shots, a season high, to nurse that lead to fruition. A 2-0 win, the Isles’ fifth in the past six games, gives them a leg up on third place in the Metropolitan Division and a path to the playoffs by simply winning games and collecting points, not just watching and hoping.

“We obviously knew the opportunity we had after what happened (Friday) night,” Casey Cizikas said. “For me personally, I try to focus on the task at hand because if we win, we just keep the other teams behind us. Nights off you’re definitely watching games, you’re keeping an eye on it, but game day you’re focused on what you need to do.”

Focus hasn’t been the Isles’ strong suit this season, what with the blown leads and coughed-up points along the way since October. Though the current win streak hasn’t exactly featured dominant third periods, it has been a stretch in which the Isles have defended with better structure and pushed the pace when they could. Back-to-back minors in the third period added to the tilted ice, and Trotz’s Predators — who play with the sort of pace and structure that his Islanders used to — were all over the place down a goal.

But Varlamov led the way. “He won us the game tonight,” said Patrick Roy, who knows of what he speaks. Varlamov denied Filip Forsberg with a glove save on the second of those penalty kills, one of 10 Forsberg shots (and 19 attempts!) on the night. The Islanders have killed six of seven power plays in their past four games, a good stretch for the league’s worst PK.

Semyon Varlamov records a 41-save @pepsi shutout in a HUGE win for the @NYIslanders ! 🔵🟠 pic.twitter.com/1aHJ3qNXei — NHL (@NHL) April 7, 2024

Noah Dobson had the lone goal on Kevin Lankinen and blocked seven shots. Robert Bortuzzo blocked five. All but four forwards had a block, including Simon Holmstrom , who ate a big one-timer off Roman Josi ’s stick just before Kyle Palmieri iced the game with an empty-net goal.

Trotz was the one who helped instill the “2 points by any means necessary” credo that carried the Islanders from 2018 to 2021, when they became the most disliked good team in the league for an ugly brand of hockey. He got a standing ovation from the UBS Arena crowd Saturday and a lovely tribute video, reminders that what he did for this franchise will not be forgotten even though his longtime associate coach, Lane Lambert, was fired in January.

The Islanders embodied that again Saturday. It was ugly at times, with a few ghastly own-zone turnovers in the first that Varlamov erased, but there was also a lot of Roy’s aggressiveness and pace, particularly from the Cizikas–Bo Horvat–Mathew Barzal line, which helped create Dobson’s goal with a dump-in, puck retrieval and good screen from Cizikas, who after 810 games as an Islander finds himself on the top line.

“To be honest, I should have done it before,” Roy said. “You look at what (Esa) Tikkanen did for (Wayne) Gretzky and (Jari) Kurri, what Bob Errey did for Mario (Lemieux). Sometimes you need that guy with energy who plays fast. It makes that line even better.”

Next up is the New York Rangers at home Tuesday, one of the biggest games between the rivals in years. There will be more scoreboard-watching before then — we’ve got Buffalo Sabres – Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators – Washington Capitals on Sunday, then Pittsburgh Penguins – Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday — and it will be hard to resist. But the Islanders aren’t watching and hoping now. They’re watching and waiting for their turn to put 2 more points on the board and get closer to clinching a playoff berth.

Through all the ups and downs this season, getting to this point didn’t seem possible. Five games to go, and the Islanders control their destiny. They took a lead Saturday and held it, however messy it got. They showed their old coach they can still play his way.

And they got 2 more points.

(Photo of Kyle Palmieri and Ryan Pulock: Tom Horak / USA Today)

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Arthur Staple has covered New York hockey for The Athletic since 2019, initially on the Islanders beat before moving over to primarily focus on the Rangers in 2021. Previously, he spent 20 years at Newsday, where he covered everything from high schools to the NFL. Follow Arthur on Twitter @ stapeathletic