GVT have sourced 2 Solos for the 470 & 473. YJ60KHK is one and the other is an UID 06/56 plate. Interesting that they've been allowed to run such old vehicles when PCL and Borders Buses were forced into buying 13 plate Versas when they first took the contracts on.

Pictures of the new Solos are on Glen Valley Tours Facebook. They also have Route Branding with one for the 470, and one for the 473. By the sounds of it Glen Valley are delighted to have regained this contract.

YJ60 KHK is branded for the 473 whilst the other is 470 branded.
Glen Valley Tours: YJ60KHK by Matthew Jimmison, on Flickr

A correction to a comment I previously made is YJ54 UXH hasn't left the fleet as it was working service 470 today.
Glen Valley Tours: YJ54UXH by Matthew Jimmison, on Flickr

Few things to note are Glen Valley are accepting the annual tickets bought under PCL operation and the timetable is pretty much unchanged apart from the fact the services now start/terminate at the bus stop in the Sainsburys store car park in Alnwick.

The 2006 Solo is YJ56 WFH

Is the 710 allocated a levante on Saturday?

Does the 710 accept explorers?

south of Wooler aye.

Will the levante be operating the 710 on Saturday

Will the levante be operating the 710 on Saturday

It usually does...

H14GVT is now registered to a 2009 Volvo/Vanhool Triaxle painted in the recent livery.

The Levante may also be off the road/sold as it hasn't done the 710 the last few Saturdays.

Does anyone know if their Ex NH panther H9 GVT is still about and also whats happened with H11 GVT

The 710 Is now running on Saturdays again, was using Ex GNE 7105 today

Their Jonkheere H19 GVT which has been recently PSVAR converted was oddly on the 710 yesterday

Service changes from Monday, copied from their Facebook:

[emoji845] Important changes to our timetables and service routes coming into effect from Monday 25th July [emoji845]

[emoji777] Route 470 - Will no longer be operational

[emoji736] Route 473 - Will run to the new timetable Wooler - Chatton - Powburn - Whittingham - Alnwick

[emoji736] Route 472 - We start to operate our new route Alnwick Town Service - Barresdale - Alnwick - Weavers Way - Shilbottle - Shilbottle Grange (essentially a direct replacement to Travelsure's T01 service)

https://glenvalley.co.uk/timetables/

i have noticed since the new arrangement on the 472/473 changes that none of Glen Valley Tours buses have been tracking. i take it that there hasnt been an update since the service changes

Glenvalley have Purchased DP12 BUS Optare solo SR, dont know if this has replaced anything like the 54 plate solo slimline or the 51 plate vario or its just an addition to the fleet

Glenvalley have Purchased DP12 BUS Optare solo SR, dont know if this has replaced anything like the 54 plate solo slimline or the 51 plate vario or its just an addition to the fleet

They've had DP12BUS for a few months now: (photo - https://flic.kr/p/2o1napV)

They've had DP12BUS for a few months now: (photo -  https://flic.kr/p/2o1napV)

Its been a while since i have been up at wooler and alnwick so just spotted it the last few days