The trip up from Marston has been wonderful, the ghastly, industrialised run to the east of Northwich excepted.
We saw a nice 9' wide boat for sale
and this got me wondering about VAT. Why? Well, wide beam boats are treated like static caravans in that they attract zero VAT, being classed as a dwelling. However, what is a wide beam? Is it the full 14' wide or does this 9 footer qualify? The real bummer is that we live on our 7' narrowboat but it isn't classed as a dwelling so attracts full rate VAT.
Anyway, back to today. There's a new marina just before the flashes after Orchard Marina, boats are in place but it still looks to be a work in progress.
The flashes themselves are as spectacular as ever and Elaine managed to snap a grebe in between dives for lunch.
The canal after this section enters its most enchanting phase, a real sense of remoteness engulfing you as you wind this way and that in splendid isolation. There are the occasional waterside properties, however, and very nice too.
I don't really have time to add much more. Milady is almost ready to hit the town so I'd better get spruced up myself! More tomorrow.
A boat would be really cool to own, and yours is very unique looking. It almost looks vintage or something. I bet you have had some awesome sailing and fishing trips in it. I would like to take my family to somewhere tropical and warm in my own vessel soon, so this post gave me some location ideas.
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