Awright there, blog reader? Awright?
After a week away on a "gym and spa" holiday in South Wales, I'm back and raring to write. After a couple of days staying not too far away from (unbelievably) Port Tennant in Swansea, we spent the rest of the week in Cardiff.
I'll tell you something for nothing: you can't move for stars in Cardiff. If I wasn't bumping into Rusty T down on Cardiff Bay at every available opportunity, I was being stalked – stalked, I tell you – by Simon Callow.
All I have to say on that is this: Callow, you might be a Commander of the British Empire, have starred in movies like Amadeus and Four Weddings and a Funeral, have appeared in Doctor Who as Charles Dickens, and been Tom Chance in Chance in a Million, a delightful 80s sitcom that has left me with premature pronoun droppage to this very day, but no! That does not give you a right to follow me to breakfast, lunch and certainly not the gym while I'm on holiday.
Anyway, after a minor spot of Torchwood location hunting on my last visit, we did some Gavin & Stacey location investigation this time with a trip to Barry and Barry Island. Pics after the break.
So here's where Stacey gets the bus to London.
Which is Barry Island sea front:
And here's the centre of Barry where Ness does some work from time to time:
Which is Barry's Town Hall and library.
That's your lot. Seriously, I was there for a morning and I wasn't really going just to look at G&S locations.
I won't lie to you though: if you're planning on visiting Barry, I'd hold off until Summer, because it gets right parky in April and the funfair's shut.
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April 14, 2008 | Reply
Hee: your life as a Simon Callow stalkee... *snerk*
Glad you had a good break - missed ya though. And I hate to say this, but isn't Wales always a bit on the parky side? There's a reason you invariably see the cast/crew on Who Confidential in big fat coats*. Nice of 'em to have already thought of naming a location in Wales after the current Doctor though...
* yes, I know, the Xmas setting of the Runaway Bride: hottest day ever in Wales...
April 14, 2008 | Reply
Not this time. Wales - nice and sunny; London - cold and chilly. It's just Barry's a bit parky: there's even an area (heavily signposted) called The Knapp, which is short for The Cold Knapp.
April 14, 2008 | Reply
Rob, any word on whether or not G&S will be coming stateside? (Forgive me if I asked this already; swiss cheese memory!) I know there's an Americanized version being made as a pilot.....
April 14, 2008 | Reply
No word at the moment, particularly since BBC America seems to be avoiding new comedies at the moment. Not sure who else would buy it...