Last Friday he set off from Billericay with John Baron, MP for Basildon and Billericay, firing the starting pistol.

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He realised he was between Billericay, the home town of the eponymous Gavin, and Barry Island, where Stacey lives.

BBC: Gavin and Stacey fan completes Billericay to Barry run

Victory for bottom-of-the-table Bognor over fellow strugglers Billericay Town could see them move above the Essex side on goal difference.

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The show, which features the Essex-south Wales romance between Gavin from Billericay and Stacey from Barry, has been a runaway success.

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Gary Stewart, who owns a wine bar in Billericay, told BBC Look East he thinks the test idea is "absolutely fantastic".

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Richard Kell, 40, from Hertfordshire, made the 210-mile (338km) trip from Billericay in Essex to Barry Island in the Vale of Glamorgan.

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Billericay Town goalkeeper Nicky Morgan, 25, was taken to the Queen's Hospital in Romford with a neck injury following the attack last Friday.

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Richard Kell will run from Gavin's home town of Billericay in Essex to Barry Island in the Vale of Glamorgan, where Stacey and her family live.

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