Another recent sale to a Cheshire based operator has been this very well presented Volvo B10M Van Hool T9 Alizee which popped across the M6 from Stantons of Stoke to Barratt’s Coaches based in Sandbach, Cheshire. 20 years ago you would see Barratt’s Coaches, then based in Nantwich in all four corners of the UK as well as all over Europe but now Gill and her team are more content pottering around the leafy lanes of Cheshire taking the kids to school. This particular Van Hool was new to Shearings Holidays but over the years has been downgraded to a standard 55 seater. You can’t keep a good B10M Van Hool down, and there wasn’t many bad ‘uns. I’m sure there’s a lot of life left in this old lass yet!