Sent to Somerset

As mentioned yesterday, First have been swapping buses around with Plymouth receiving Volvo B7Ls from Somerset. So lets see what has gone in the other direction...

Thanks to David Smith for the excellent photos.

I cant say I am sad to see these Volvo B6BLes go as they were never very comfortable buses and most seemed to struggle to get up anything like a hill which presumably will be less an issue in Somerset than it was here in Devon. Even though they were given leather seating as part of the upgraded TavyLinx, the seat cusions were so thin it was wasted.

They are certainly looking a lot smarter than they did in Plymouth although the darker purple Tavylinx was quite smart:

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