Dougie Ryan was a fellow-camper at the site chosen by the residents of No's 5 and 9 Coronation Street when they went for a week's break in Wales in August 2015. A braggart and a know-all who often spoke in clichéd expressions, his initial offers of help were but a cover to begin boasting of his knowledge of the "great-outdoors" and how to cope with nature, dragooning his hapless victims into a "Bear Grylls"-type foraging expedition.