tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post115273931163041386..comments2023-12-01T10:35:12.938+00:00Comments on Boatlife: Cruising Aboard NB Valerie: STOP ME AND BUY SOMELes Biggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06200731053479474814noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-19595207657482609052012-04-02T08:30:37.261+00:002012-04-02T08:30:37.261+00:00Okay, I realise I am looking back through your blo...Okay, I realise I am looking back through your blog and this was written 6 years ago, but last week (March 2012) I just paid £1.53 a litre for diesel for my car... That works out at £7 per gallon!<br /><br />Les, I found your blog recently and have gone back to the beginning! Loving it. I can only dream of a life like yours. Cheers, AlistairBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-1153387336754717142006-07-20T09:22:00.000+00:002006-07-20T09:22:00.000+00:00It has now been confirmed that as of 31/12/06 lesu...It has now been confirmed that as of 31/12/06 lesuire craft will not be exempt from cheaper fuel, the price for your diesel from this date will be exactly the same price as any other road user filling up at a ordinary petrol station, thanks to us joining the EU this is the outcome although farm machinery etc will continue to recieve the cheaper fuel.All good things come to a end as they say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-1153089133726340842006-07-16T22:32:00.000+00:002006-07-16T22:32:00.000+00:00I don`t think the deisel will rise dramaticly but ...I don`t think the deisel will rise dramaticly but even if it does i am happier using my diesel now than when it went into a van fuel tank.Les Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200731053479474814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-1153051799156080722006-07-16T12:09:00.000+00:002006-07-16T12:09:00.000+00:00No problem here either and as a company car owner ...No problem here either and as a company car owner i never so much as even look at the price board upon entering a petrol station as i dont pay for any at all, whether i thunder up the motorway at 90mph or 30mph in town makes no difference to me at all.However i have heard that canal boats may have to use the same diesel as normal road users and hence you guys may soon be paying up to 95p per litre........watch this space.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-1152919255833899882006-07-14T23:20:00.000+00:002006-07-14T23:20:00.000+00:00I know how you feel, when i was self-employed bef...I know how you feel, when i was self-employed before i retired i had to run vans so i agree with you everywhere tax tax tax.<BR/>so i do feel lucky now having little tax to pay. Not even got a leccy bill so they can`t tax that.<BR/>LESLes Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200731053479474814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-1152886688462950002006-07-14T14:18:00.000+00:002006-07-14T14:18:00.000+00:00We are not 'gas-guzzlers' through choice. the govt...We are not 'gas-guzzlers' through choice. the govt allows red diesel for farmers and I believe leisure craft got into the category somehow. I'd LOVE to only pay 50-odd-p litre for my car, but they demand my taxes to the hilt. ABAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com