Caitlin Ryan

Caitlin Ryan was the sixteen-year old daughter of Dougie Ryan, a man who had a passionate belief in living with nature and the great outdoors and fancied himself as the poor man's Bear Grylls. As a youngster, she had shared his enjoyment of their camping trips, even though her mother stayed resolutely at home, but their paths were diverging as she got older and Duggie began to become a little too self-centred with his obsession.

The two were on their latest jaunt at a campsite in a forest in Wales which had also been chosen by the residents of No's 5 and 9 Coronation Street for a week's break in Wales in August 2015. The first one to encounter her was Craig Tinker who was desperately trying to get a signal on his phone in order to have his GCSE results rung through. He was taken with her but she was more dismissive, wanting peace and quiet in order to do her drawing. He asked to see her work but she took umbrage when she thought he was accusing her of copying the style of Akira Toriyama whereas Craig was just complimenting her.

Although she stormed off in a huff, she later joined in a barbeque at the campsite and apologised to Craig, saying that she had a sore point about her artwork as her teacher had said it was derivative. The next day, her dad took Tyrone Dobbs, Chesney Brown and Sinead Tinker on a twenty-four hour trekking trip but Caitlin refused to come. Duggie wasn't pleased when Craig offered to look after her and voiced his displeasure but he had to back down hurriedly when Beth Sutherland stepped in to defend the honour of her son.

Left behind, Craig was delighted to discover that Caitlin didn't share the disgust that some others did about rats and she admitted that she no longer got the pleasure that she used to from camping trips. Although Fiz Stape was ostensibly keeping an eye on the teenagers, she took her two girls off for a walk and left the youngsters together to talk.

A couple of days later, Caitlin was pleased for Craig when his GCSE results came through, especially as he had gained an "A" grade in art. She drew a picture of Craig in the style of Edvard Munch's The Scream which he asked her to sign, promising to put it up on his wall at home. Caitlin had the ambition to study the history of fine art, even though her father felt that something like engineering would be a better subject for future job prospects. Craig encouraged her to do her own thing and was delighted when she kissed him in appreciation of the genuine compliments he passed her way. He reciprocated but the two were caught by Duggie who went ballistic at the pair. Back at the camp, his complaints came up against a brick wall from Beth when he raged at the youngsters as she stood up for her son but it was Caitlin who pointed out that she was now sixteen and he ought to change the habits of a lifetime and start listening instead of lecturing her. She pointed out that he was too driven and focussed on achievements and targets and he had stopped being a fun dad. Duggie fully accepted the criticism and the two were reconciled.

List of appearances
2015
 * Mon 17th Aug (1)
 * Mon 17th Aug (2)
 * Wed 19th Aug
 * Thu 20th Aug
 * Fri 21st Aug (1)
 * Fri 21st Aug (2)